WIC Shopper application now open up to Tennesseans, earning browsing with WIC easier

When individuals of the Ladies, Infants and Kids nutrition application go grocery searching, they can operate into an awkward condition. They might put a little something into their wagons, wondering it was suitable beneath the system, only to find out at the register that it is not.

The WIC Shopper app is designed to assistance consumers steer clear of cases like this. It connects contributors of the federally-funded plan with a databases of eligible products. Following environment the application up, all they need to have to do is scan products and solutions to confirm that they are qualified for acquire.

“It really is not enjoyment to just take a food items up that you feel you can get with WIC and have them say, ‘no, this isn’t WIC,” explained Sarah Griswold, the WIC Nutrition Program Manager for Knox County. “That’s sort of embarrassing, we know it really is not exciting. So, we want to make positive that our individuals are self-assured that they can get this food items with WIC and they can scan the food items and say, ‘Yep, I can get this.'”

When individuals download the application, they want to select Tennessee as their WIC agency. Then, they can sign-up for the app working with the 16-digit variety on their TNWIC cards.

The application also will allow participants to check out their remaining harmony, their food lists and locate recipes they can get ready making use of foodstuff procured through the system. 

Officials said additional than 8,000 persons take part in WIC in Knox County, and that Tennessee has far more than 110,000 members.