WIC participants to see increased Cash Value Benefit this summer
Current Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program participants in Alamance County will see an increase in their monthly Cash Value Benefit from June through September thanks to allocations from the American Rescue Plan.
More than 4,000 Alamance County residents currently participate in the WIC program, which provides supplemental nutrition, nutrition education, breastfeeding support and community healthcare referrals for pregnant women, new mothers and children up to 5 years old.
The Alamance County Health Department, which oversees the county’s WIC program, issued a press release last week noting the changes. According to the department, the monthly Cash Value Benefit will increase to $35 for women and children.
GREENSBORO â The young mother wouldnât accept money for her deeds. Not as a volunteer at the Islamic Center of the Triad accompanying new immigrants to the doctor as an interpreter or helping someone study for a driverâs license.
But each time Amal Khdour extracted a promise.
âRemember, one day you are going to be put in this situation â please donât say no,â she told them.
Those who know her say her work decades later continues to live out the spirit of the Muslim observance of Ramadan on a daily basis.
Ramadan, which ends May 12, is the month when Muslims believe Allah revealed key passages of the Quran to the prophet Muhammad.
The Alamance County COVID-19 case count was just shy of 17,000 on Monday, but rolling weekly averages of newly reported cases continue to decline in the area.
As of Monday, the county reported 16,925 total cases and 239 deaths since the start of the outbreak. Those numbers reflect 252 new cases and two new deaths reported in the last week.
The rolling weekly average of new cases per day as of Monday was 36, down from 47 last Monday. The highest single-day case count in the last week was 55 reported on March 3.
Statewide, 874,906 overall cases had been confirmed as of Monday and 11,535 had died. Additionally, 1,126 people were hospitalized Monday for COVID-19 care.
New COVID-19 case counts leveled off last week in Alamance County, while vaccinations continue to increase and the percentage of positive COVID tests trend down.
As of Monday, the county reported 16,673 total cases and 237 deaths since the start of the outbreak.
The rolling weekly average of new cases per day as of Monday was 47, down slightly from 49 last Monday. The highest single-day case count in the last week was 71 reported on Feb. 25.
Statewide, 862,170 overall cases had been confirmed as of Monday and 11,254 had died. Additionally, 1,319 people were hospitalized Monday for COVID-19 care.
Of the total confirmed cases in Alamance, 16,038 people have recovered and been released from isolation. As of Monday, 398 remained active cases and nine people were hospitalized, according to the Alamance County Health Department.