Women, Infants and Children Overseas Program
The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Overseas Program provides you and your family with several important benefits:
- Nutritious food
- Tips on how to prepare balanced meals
- Nutrition and health screenings
- Other resources that help you and your family lead healthier lives
Eligibility
The WIC Overseas Program is available to eligible participants living overseas*, including:
- Civilian employees
- Department of Defense contractors
- Family members
- Members of the uniformed services
*If you're using WIC in the U.S., you can continue your participation in the WIC Overseas program without having to re-qualify. Once you transfer overseas, contact your local WIC Overseas office to make plans to switch to WIC Overseas drafts.
WIC Overseas counselors determine eligibility for the program by evaluating income, family size, and certain other criteria.
Once a WIC Overseas counselor certifies you or a family member, you or the family member can enroll in the program. Your WIC Overseas counselor will determine how long you can participate in the program. Those who may be eligible for the WIC Overseas Program include:
- Expectant mothers during pregnancy and throughout the first six weeks after giving birth*
- Mothers until the infant is six months old if bottle-feeding or one year old if breast-feeding
- Infants and children until the end of the month in which they turn age five
*After six weeks, mothers must contact a WIC Overseas counselor and reapply under either the bottle-feeding or breast-feeding category.
Contact your local WIC Overseas office to see if you and your children are eligible for WIC Overseas nutritional benefits. A WIC Overseas counselor will help you determine if you qualify and, if so, will help get you started.
How WIC Overseas Works
The WIC Overseas Program works to supplement the food you regularly buy with additional nutritional food items. WIC Overseas Program staff will provide ideas for meal planning, food preparation, and recipes that are nutritious, delicious, and easy to prepare. Your counselor will give you an approved food list and redeemable food checks called "drafts," which you exchange for specific foods and quantities in overseas stores and NEXMARTs (drafts are accepted only at these overseas stores).
Food items generally available through the WIC Overseas Program include:
- Canned tuna, salmon, and mackerel
- Cheese
- Dried beans or peas
- Eggs
- Fresh fruits and vegetables
- Infant fruits and vegetables
- Iron-fortified infant formula and infant cereal
- Iron-fortified adult cereal
- Milk
- Peanut butter
- Vitamin C-rich fruit and/or vegetable juice
- Whole-grain bread and/or brown rice
Substitutions are not allowed. If the commissary or NEXMART does not have the item listed on your draft, keep the draft until the item is in stock. However, be aware of the draft's expiration date.
In addition to providing nutritious food and healthy meal planning, the WIC Overseas Program offers a nutritional screening for you and your children. This screening may help identify medical conditions early so that you can seek proper medical advice.
Can't get to the store?
You may have a “proxy” shop for you. First, you must have your proxy formally registered with your WIC Overseas office. Ask your WIC Overseas counselor for the appropriate paperwork.
WIC Overseas Fulfillment Voucher
Effective 1 July 2023, The Defense Health Agency has partnered with the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) to issue a “Fulfillment Voucher” to WIC Overseas families when they are not able to fully utilize their current drafts, due an item not available for purchase. This occurs when items are out of stock or DeCA experiences a local shortage in which limited quantities are available. The Fulfillment Voucher can only be issued when no acceptable alternative product is
available in the categories listed below.
The following 7 categories are currently eligible to receive a Fulfillment Voucher:
- Juice
- Milk
- Cheese
- Yogurt
- Eggs
- Peanut Butter
- Baby Formula (Concentrate, Powder, and Read to Use)
You must use your Fulfillment Voucher within 30 days. If you have any questions or concerns when redeeming a Fulfillment voucher, please ask to speak to an on-duty Commissary Manager for assistance or call your local WIC Overseas office.
Contact Information
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Belgium |
SHAPE, Chievres, and Brussels |
Phone: 011-32-65-32-5297 Fax: 011-32-65-44-5989 SHAPE WIC Overseas Program |
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Bahrain |
Manama |
Phone: 011-973-1785-4781 Bahrain WIC Overseas Program Bldg 265 Juffair Ave Room 111, Manama |
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Cuba |
Guantanamo Bay |
Phone: 1-757-458-2186 Fax: 1-757-458-2182
GTMO WIC Overseas Program Chapel Annex Bldg #763, Rm #9 |
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Germany |
Ansbach and Illesheim
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Phone: 011-49-964-1705-871597 Fax: 011-49-981-183-7570 Ansbach WIC Overseas Program |
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Baumholder |
Phone: 011-49-611-143-531-3496 Baumholder WIC Overseas Program |
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Grafenwoehr |
Phone: 011-49-9641-70-526-6821 Fax: 011-49-9641-70-526-6825 Grafenwoehr WIC Overseas Program |
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Hohenfels |
Phone: 011-49-9472-708-4601 Hohenfels WIC Overseas Program |
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Kleber |
Phone: 011-49-611-143-541-5141 Kleber WIC Overseas Program |
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Garmisch and Ramstein |
phone: 011-49-6371-47-4466 Fax: 011-49-6371-47-9383 Ramstein WIC Overseas Program |
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Spangdahlem and Buschel |
Phone: 011-49-656-561-9093 Fax: 011-49-656-561-9092 Spangdahlem WIC Overseas Program |
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Stuttgart |
Phone: 011-49-9641-70-596-3351 Fax: 011-49-7031-15-3347 Stuttgart WIC Overseas Program |
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Vilseck |
Phone: 011-49-9641-70-599-3790 Fax: 011-49-9641-70-599-3795 Vilseck WIC Overseas Program |
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Wiesbaden |
Phone: 011-49-611-143-548-9290 Fax: 011-49-611-143-548-9292 Wiesbaden WIC Overseas Program |
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Italy and Portugal |
Aviano, Lisbon, and Lajes |
Phone: 011-39-0434-30-7473 Fax: 011-39-0434-30-4640 Aviano WIC Overseas Program |
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Naples |
Phone; 011-39-081-811-4962 Fax: 011-39-081-811-4961 Naples WIC Overseas Program |
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Vicenza |
Phone: 011-39-0444-71-5670 Fax: 011-39-0444-61-7257 Vicenza WIC Overseas Program |
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| Livorno | Phone: 011-39-050-965-8184 Livorno WIC Overseas Program Army Community Service Bldg 724 Rm 2 Camp Darby 56128 Tirrenia (Pisa, Italy) |
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Sigonella |
Phone: 011-39-095-56-3198 Fax: 011-39-095-56-3197 NAS Signonella Bldg 319 |
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Japan |
Atsugi |
Phone: 011-81-467-63-4559 Fax:011-81-467-63-4869 Atsugi WIC Overseas Program |
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Camp Courtney |
Phone: 011-81-98-954-9424 Fax: 011-81-98-954-9082 Camp Courtney WIC Overseas Program |
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Camp Foster |
Phone: 011-81-98-970-9302 Fax: 011-81-98-970-9307 Camp Foster WIC Overseas Program |
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Camp Kinser |
Phone: 011-81-98-970-5555, then 637-4899 Fax: 011-81-98-970-5555, then 637-4890 Camp Kinser WIC Overseas Program Camp Kinser, 901-2100 |
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Camp Zama |
Phone: 011-81-46-407-8960 Fax: 011-81-46-407-5710 Camp Zama WIC Overseas Program |
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Iwakuni |
Phone: 011-81-827-79-4928 Fax: 011-81-827-79-3638 Iwakuni WIC Overseas Program
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Kadena |
Phone: 011-81-98-938-1111, then 632-9427 Kadena WIC Overseas Program |
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Misawa |
Phone: 011-81-17-677-1110, then 1 226-5592 Misawa WIC Overseas Program |
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Sasebo |
Phone:011-81-956-50-8781 Fax: 011-81-956-50-8782 Sasebo WIC Overseas Program US Naval Base |
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Yokosuka |
Phone: 011-81-46-816-9426 Fax: 011-81-46-816-2614 Yokosuka WIC Overseas Program |
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Yokota |
Phone: 011-81-42-552-2510 ext 59426 Yokota WIC Overseas Program |
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Korea
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Camp Humphreys |
Phone: 011-82-503-337-5213 Camp Humphreys WIC Overseas Program |
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Daegu |
011-82 Camp Walker, Soldier Support Center Bldg 330, 2nd Fl, Room 217 Daegu,42432 |
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Osan, Area 1, Camp Casey, Seoul, and Camp Red Cloud |
Phone: 011-82-505-784-3806 Osan WIC Overseas Program
Osan AFB |
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Netherlands |
Brunssum, Geilenkirchen, Kleine Brogel, and Volkel |
Phone: 011-31-45-534-0249 USAG Brunssum WIC Overseas ProgramNIC Site Bldg #8 Rm 128 Kranenpool 3 Brunssum 6443VA |
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Spain |
Rota |
Phone: 011-34-956-82-2935 Rota WIC Overseas Program |
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United Kingdom, Norway and Turkey |
RAF Lakenheath, Stavanger, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Feltwell and Incirlik |
Phone: 011-44-1638-52-1728 Lakenheath WIC Overseas Program |
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Alconbury, Upwood, and Molesworth |
Phone: 011-44-1480-84-3158 Fax: 011-44-1480-84-3159 Alconbury WIC Overseas Program |
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Croughton and Fairford |
Phone: 011-44-1280-70-8248 Fax: 011-44-1280-70-8322 Croughton WIC Overseas Program RAF Croughton Building 72 Room 25 Near Brackley, Northhamton, NN13 5NQ UK |
Last Updated 10/23/2024