Maryland Department of Health
Maryland WIC · About this organization
What you get
Help with health referrals, healthy supplemental foods, nutrition education and wic app and portal tools.
How to start
Bring your child and required identity, address, income, and applicable health documents.
Good to know
- Limited to children under five who meet income and nutritional-need certification.
The details, as published
Maryland WIC provides eligible infants and children under five with supplemental foods, nutrition education, health referrals, and app/portal tools. Certification uses a local WIC appointment, nutritional-need review, identity/address/income documents, and a gross household-income ceiling of 185% FPL or qualifying adjunctive program participation; English and Spanish application resources are published.
What help you may get
Meals And Food
Maryland WIC — meals and food
Maryland WIC provides eligible infants and children under five with supplemental foods, nutrition education, health referrals, and app/portal tools. Certification uses a local WIC appointment, nutritional-need review, identity/address/income documents, and a gross household-income ceiling of 185% FPL or qualifying adjunctive program participation; English and Spanish application resources are published.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Health referrals
- Healthy supplemental foods
- Nutrition education
- WIC app and portal tools
Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Maryland WIC — navigation guides and advocacy
Maryland WIC provides eligible infants and children under five with supplemental foods, nutrition education, health referrals, and app/portal tools. Certification uses a local WIC appointment, nutritional-need review, identity/address/income documents, and a gross household-income ceiling of 185% FPL or qualifying adjunctive program participation; English and Spanish application resources are published.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Health referrals
- Healthy supplemental foods
- Nutrition education
- WIC app and portal tools
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A Maryland child under five with B-ALL may qualify independently through the WIC income and nutritional-need rules.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: MD.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian, Caregiver
- Bring the applicant child and required identity, address, income, and applicable health documents.
- Request an appointment through the client portal or local WIC agency.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Limited to children under five who meet income and nutritional-need certification.
- Oncology-specific therapeutic formula or substitution rules are not published.
- Can local WIC accommodate oncology-specific formulas or medically tailored substitutions?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Maryland WIC · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Maryland WIC · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Maryland WIC · checked Aug 27, 2026