WIC Program, Dorchester South
617-825-0805 (Fields Corner); 617-825-3822 (Codman Square); 617-265-4380 (Neponset);
Codman Square Health Center |
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Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday |
9:00 AM — 7:00 PM 9:00 AM — 5:00 PM 9:00 AM — 7:00 PM 9:00 AM — 5:00 PM 9:00 AM — 1:00 PM |
Codman Square Health Center 450 Washington Street Dorchester, MA 02124 Phone: (617) 825-3822 Fax: (617) 436-4093 |
Dorchester House-Fields Corner |
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Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday |
9:00 AM — 7:00 PM 9:00 AM — 5:00 PM 9:00 AM — 7:00 PM 9:00 AM — 5:00 PM 9:00 AM — 1:00 PM |
Dorchester House Multi–Service Center 1353 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester, MA 02122 Phone: (617) 825-0805 Fax: (617) 825-1109 |
Neponset Health Center |
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Wednesday Thursday Saturday |
8:30 AM — 7:00 PM 8:30 AM — 12:30 PM 9:00 AM — 1:00 PM |
Neponset Health Center 398 Neponset Avenue Dorchester, MA 02122 Phone: (617) 265-4380 Fax: (617)825-1109 |
The WIC Program improves the health status of families by providing nutrition and health education, nutritious foods and referrals to other health and human services. WIC achieves this by collaborating with community, healthcare,retail food stores, state and federal patners.
You can download a WIC program brochure here.
Location
Massachustts WIC Program
Call for an appointment and apply.
WIC’s goal is to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women and kids under age 5 healthy. To do this, WIC provides:
- Personalized nutrition consultations
- Checks to buy free, healthy food
- Tips for eating well to improve health
- Referrals for medical and dental care, health insurance, child care, housing and fuel assistance, and other services that can benefit the whole family
But that’s not all! WIC also offers breastfeeding classes, one-on-one breastfeeding support, as well as immunization screening and referrals. wiC also provides parents with opportunities to talk with other parents about nutrition and other health topics that are important to their families.
Breastfeeding Warmline: Please call us at (617) 533-2243 with your breastfeeding questions or concerns. A breastfeeding peer counselor will contact you within 24 hours.
Free Drop-In Mom's Group: The Mom group offers information and education about parenting and nutrition, breastfeeding support and the chance to connect with other moms. Every Friday 11:00 AM-12:30 PM at the WIC room, the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, 1353 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA. For more information please call the WIC office at (617) 825-0805.
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- Community Based / Non-Profit
- Cape Verdean Creole
- Children
- Families
- French/Haitian Creole
- Healthcare
- Infants/Babies
- Portuguese
- Public Benefits
- Spanish
- WIC Program
- Basic Needs: clothing, food, shelter, etc.
- Education
- Healthcare
- All Dorchester
- Adams Village
- Ashmont Hill
- Ashmont-Adams
- Codman Square
- Fields Corner
- Harbor Point
- Lower Mills
- Neponset Circle
- Pope's Hill
- St. Mark's Area
- Fields Corner T Station
- Shawmut T Station
- Infants/Babies
- Children ages 0-5
- Families
- English
- Cape Verdean Creole
- French/Haitian Creole
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- American Sign Language
- Wheelchair Accessibility