Surry County recently issued the following announcement.
Samantha B. Ange, MPH, RD, LDN
Health Director
Telephone
Dobson (336) 401-8400
Elkin (336) 366-8400
SURRY COUNTY HEALTH & NUTRITION CENTER
118 HAMBY ROAD
DOBSON, NORTH CAROLINA 27017
GOOD HEALTH TO YOU!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 23, 2022
Contact: Kali Oliver, MS, WIC Director
WIC PROGRAM TEMPORARILY PROVIDING NUTRITION
EDUCATION OVER THE PHONE DUE TO COVID-19
Responding rapidly to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the Senate approved a bill in
response to COVID-19 which allows WIC providers the authority to waive the physical presence
requirement and deferment of anthropometric and bloodwork requirements to allow remote
appointments. The NC WIC Program has been granted the approval of waivers to permit providers of
the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) the ability to
conduct all appointments remotely by phone through July 2022. These flexibilities are essential as our
WIC Program adapts and identifies new practices to serve participants’ needs.
The WIC Program is available Monday through Friday from 8:30am – 5:00pm and located at
118 Hamby Rd, Dobson NC 27017. To be eligible a person must reside in North Carolina; be a pregnant
woman, post-partum or breastfeeding woman who has had a baby in the last 6 months; an infant; or a
child up to the fifth birthday; meet income eligibility requirements: All Medicaid, Food and Nutrition
Services (food stamps) and Work First recipients meet the WIC income eligibility criteria; and/or have
an identified nutritional risk as determined by a health professional. Call your local WIC office to apply
or renew services by phone at 336-401-8450. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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