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Serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing breastfeeding support, information on healthy eating, nutritious foods to supplement diets, and referrals to health care. SCDHS WIC clinics are co-located within Sun River Health Centers & Northwell Family Health Center. Call for detailed information regarding programs and services offered.

Helps persons with limited income buy food.

Provides prescreening, assistance filling out applications, and assistance obtaining necessary documentation for food stamp benefits.

For women who are pregnant, postpartum or breast feeding or have children under age 5. The program provides monthly checks to purchase selected foods in WIC-approved food markets, nutrition/health education, and referrals for health care and other services.

Affiliated family health center through the Suffolk County Department of Health Services. Call for all services offered.

For income eligible women who are pregnant, postpartum or breast feeding, infants from birth to one year, and children under age 5. The program provides monthly checks to purchase selected foods in WIC-approved food markets, nutrition/health education, and referrals for health care and other services. Program offered at WIC offices in Brewster, Carmel, Cold Spring, and Mahopac. Offers prenatal classes.

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley provides walk-in service at any of the offices. If you have a warrant of eviction from a marshal or a sheriff, have been denied emergency food stamps by the local Department of Social Services, or have a notice of utility cut-off, you may you may walk into any of the offices.

Provides over-the-phone prescreening to Long Island residents and assists in starting the SNAP application process to obtain nutrition assistance.

Provides a supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children. This program provides nutrition counseling, classes, and checks to pay for specific WIC foods, such as infant cereal and formula, milk, eggs, juice, cereal, peanut butter, beans, carrots, and tuna fish.

Facilitates enrollment of eligible residents into the Food Stamp/SNAP program, offers community education, confidential prescreening, assistance with applications, and answering various questions about the Food Stamp/SNAP process.

Serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing breastfeeding support, information on healthy eating, nutritious foods to supplement diets, and referrals to health care. SCDHS WIC clinics are co-located within Sun River Health Centers & Northwell Family Health Center. Call for detailed information regarding programs and services offered.

Provides prescreening, assistance filling out applications, and assistance obtaining necessary documentation for food stamp benefits.

Provides temporary benefits and services to income eligible individuals and families with the aim of helping them become self-sufficient. Services include Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Family Assistance, Safety Net Assistance (for single individuals or childless couples), employment and food stamp benefits. Child care subsidies are available to low income families to enable them to afford child care and continue to work. May use a registered or informal provider or a relative. Accepts reports of those abusing public assistance.

Provides pre-screening and application assistance to families and individuals attempting to access the food stamp/SNAP program. Also provides nutrition education to help individuals make smarter and healthier food choices.

Provides basic food for pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5. Eligible participants receive a food benefit card to purchase nutritious foods such as milk, eggs, cheese, whole grains, fruits and vegetables, cereal, peanut butter, and baby formula. Also offers nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and community referrals.

Provides basic food for pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5. Eligible participants receive a food benefit card to purchase nutritious foods such as milk, eggs, cheese, whole grains, fruits and vegetables, cereal, peanut butter, and baby formula. Also offers nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and community referrals.

SNAP benefits (formerly known as Food Stamps) supplement low income households in order to reduce hunger and malnutrition.

Helps low income individuals and families with food stamp online application and screening.

Offers the Special Supplemental Foods Program for Women, Infants and Children. WIC provides nutritious foods as well as nutrition counseling and education for its participants. WIC provides Nutrition education; Breastfeeding support and assistance and Referral to other services including Prenatal (PCAP) and postpartum care, Well baby and Child Care, Medicaid, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Head Start, Food Stamps, Substance abuse treatment, and Family planning. WIC locations are at various sites throughout the county. Call for detailed information.

Provides the opportunity for a county resident to dispute a decision made about their benefit-related case by the local social services department.

Provides food stamps to low income individuals and families to buy food.

Provides financial aid for food, rent, clothing, shelter, etc. to qualifying individuals or families of low income under severe financial pressure from disaster, catastrophic illness or family breakup. Also, provide WIC, child care expense assistance, and provides financial assistance which enables people who are aged, blind or have a disability, are limited in their ability to care for themselves.

Provides pre-screening of eligibility qualifications, assistance filling out applications, and assistance obtaining necessary documentation for SNAP benefits. Most help can be done over the phone and help is available in both Spanish and English.

A supplemental food/nutrition program for women who are pregnant, postpartum and/or breast feeding and/or have children under 5 years. The program provides monthly checks to purchase selected foods in WIC-approved food markets, nutrition/health education, and referrals for health care and other services.

Offers five Family Health Centers which provide essential primary care services and “medical homes” to residents of some of Long Island’s most underserved communities. By bringing quality primary care and a growing number of specialty services out into the community, we’re helping more Long Islanders get the care they need, where they need it most. Our goal is to keep our patients healthy and out of the hospital. Through Harmony Healthcare Long Island (HHLI) we are bringing a new kind of health services to the communities that need it most. We provide affordable, quality health services to everyone in the neighborhood, regardless of insurance status or the ability to pay. Call for detailed information.