Texas WIC Program

Texas WIC Program is a public health nutrition program administered in Austin, Texas, by the Texas Department of State Health Services. WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, is a federally funded program providing nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and food assistance to eligible participants. This program appears in workforce training records in connection with nutrition education or health workforce development activities. Standard postsecondary institutional metrics such as enrollment, completion rate, and retention rate are not applicable to this program.

No postsecondary academic programs in the traditional sense are listed for this entity. Workforce training activities associated with the Texas WIC Program may include nutrition counseling training and competency development for WIC staff and peer counselors serving program participants across the state.

Austin serves as the administrative headquarters for the Texas WIC Program, which operates through a statewide network of local agencies and clinics. Texas has one of the largest WIC caseloads in the United States, reflecting the program's significant reach across the state's diverse and growing population.