As the young mother of an infant who struggled to put on weight, Jasmine Jurado said doctors thought she was negligent.
She wasn't, but she needed help.
That's when Jurado, then 18, reached out to the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. More commonly known as WIC, the program provides at-risk low-income pregnant people, postpartum people, infants and children up to 5 with food, nutrition education, breastfeeding support and health care referrals.
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