WIC 2024 Public Meeting Dates
In accordance with 7 C.F.R. § 246.4(b), the Department of Health, Bureau of Women, Infants and Children (the “Department”) has scheduled the following five (5) Public Comment Sessions to provide the general public an opportunity to comment on the development of the 2025 State Plan for the Pennsylvania Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (“WIC” or “WIC Program”).
The 2024 WIC Public Comment Sessions will be held in person, virtually and over the phone as follows:
- Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Hosanna House, 807 Wallace Ave, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221 - Friday, May 3, 2024 from 11:00am – 2:00pm
Hamilton Health Center, 110 S 17th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104 - Friday, May 3, 2024 from 1:00pm – 4:00pm
556 W. Fourth Street, Erie, PA 16507 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024 from 1:00pm – 4:00pm
3401 Hartzdale Drive, Camp Hill, PA 17011 - Friday, May 17, 2024 from 1:00pm – 5:00pm
1034 Park Ave, Meadville, PA 16335
To attend these Public Comment Sessions by telephone or Microsoft Teams, please use the login information below:
Phone: 1-267-332-8737, Conference ID: 429 749 429#
Microsoft Teams: https://bit.ly/4cUKrn1
Please note that these Public Comment Sessions are for the public to share their opinion with the Department; the Department, itself, will not be presenting any material. The Sessions will be recorded. If you choose to participate you are consenting to being recorded.
These Public Comment Sessions are subject to cancellation without notice.
For anyone unable to attend a Session, the Department will accept comments by e-mail at ra- wicprogram@pa.gov or mail at Department of Health, Bureau of Women, Infants and Children (WIC), 625 Forster St., 7 West, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Please submit comments no later than May 31, 2024.
For any questions, please call 717-783-1289 or email ra-wicprogram@pa.gov.
Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this listing (for example, large print, audiotape, Braille) should contact the Department of Health, Bureau of WIC, 625 Forster Street, 7th Floor West, Health & Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 783-1289, or, for speech and/or hearing-impaired persons, call the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800)
654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).
The Pennsylvania WIC program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA is an equal opportunity provider.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement:
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the agency (state or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: How to File a Complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
- mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
- fax: (202) 690-7442; or
- email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.