WIC

The WIC program — which can provide a grocery lifeline to women, infants and children — is dramatically underutilized. A new strategy, paired with $29 million, aims to get more people enrolled.

The co-op grocery store, which aims to offer fresh and healthy food in West Dayton, is once again accepting WIC benefits.

The Ohio Department of Health is working with the United States Department of Agriculture to get waivers for families enrolled in WIC so people have more formula options during the national shortage.

The bills include a variety of things to improve infant health.

Nan Whaley, Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, said other states are doing a better job at helping low-income parents afford baby formula.

Partisan Ohio mapmakers make an emotional plea to the Ohio Supreme Court as justices again decide whether to hold the state’s redistricting commission in contempt. Meanwhile, a federal hearing to determine how much Walmart, Walgreens and CVS should pay two northeast Ohio counties.

Parents who depend on the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program are struggling to get enough formula for their infants.

The Gem City Market launched Mamas at the Market on Thursday. The program provides community resources to new and expecting mothers. One of them being helping eligible women sign up for WIC benefits at the market.

Last week, the healthcare company Abbott recalled some infant powdered formulas after four consumer complaints related to salmonella.In response, the USDA granted more flexibility to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, because some of the formulas recalled are provided through the program.

The Clark County Women, Infants and Childrens' program or WIC, will be cut by more than $240,000 and officials expect to close at least one office or lay…