The not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) has been awarded a new contract to provide Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program services in Warren and St. Charles counties.NECAC has contracted with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to provide $280,419 of WIC services for fiscal 2015, which began last Oct. 1 and runs through Sept. 30, 2016. The agency expects almost 18,600 clients to participate in the program this year.WIC is a supplemental USDA food program that provides free nutritious foods and nutrition education to pregnant, breast-feeding and postpartum women and teens, infants and children up to age 5.NECAC is a 12-county area social service, community health and public housing Community Action Agency. NECAC contracts with federal, state and local governments, private businesses and other not-for-profit organizations to operate and administer self-sufficiency service programs for the low-income, elderly, youth, disabled and disadvantaged population. The agency’s Central Administration Offices are located in Bowling Green, with NECAC Service Centers operated in each county.In Warren County, WIC sessions are held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the NECAC Warren County Service Center at 120 E. Main in Warrenton.In St. Charles County, WIC is offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the NECAC St. Charles County Service Center at 3400 Meadow Pointe Drive in O’Fallon.Expanded hours include appointments the second Saturday in Warrenton and the third Saturday in O’Fallon each month. Appointments are encouraged. The telephone number is (636) 456-2933 in Warrenton and (636) 240-7350 in O’Fallon.WIC