Emporium Food Market Can Now Accept WIC Payments
Emporium Food Market has secured approval to accept WIC payments. The supplemental nutrition program focuses on the health of pregnant women and children up to the age of 5. Scott McCann, owner of Emporium Food Market says he is pleased the store can accept the WIC checks. “I have been working with Harrisburg for nearly two years to bring this program to the residents of Cameron County,” McCann noted. Emporium Food Market is the only grocery store in Cameron County where WIC checks are accepted. Cameron County has a WIC office on Chestnut Street in Emporium. Eligibility is reserved for pregnant women, breastfeeding women for up to one year postpartum, women up to six months postpartum, who are not breastfeeding and children under 5 years old including foster children