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 been awarded $293,916.50 by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to continue providing WIC services for fiscal 2015, which began last Oct. 1 and runs through Sept. 30. The agency expects to serve 19,577 clients for the year.WIC is a supplemental 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. Participants must meet WIC income guidelines and be determined by a health professional to be at nutritional risk.NECAC has also been approved for the third year as a “Breastfeeding Friendly WIC Clinic.” An additional $13,000 in funding will be provided for support. NECAC is one of only 35 WIC agencies to receive the designation, and had to pass rigorous qualifications to earn it.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