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In September 1972, the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program was piloted as a two-year plan to address the nutritional and health needs of our most vulnerable citizens. The first WIC site was officially opened in Pineville , Kentucky on January 15, 1974. By the end of that same year, WIC operated in all but six states and the District of Columbia . In 1975, WIC gained permanent status as a national health and nutrition program.

The Newton County Health Department became a local WIC agency in July of 1982. In 1983, the average monthly case load was 367 women, infants, and children. In 2004 the average monthly case load had increased to 1,523 women, infants, and children.

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