Provides a free nutrition program for low-income pregnant, lactating and postpartum women and children up to age 5. Recipients receive education, breast-feeding support, nutritional screening and high-quality nutritional care and food. The program provides milk, cheese, eggs, juice, cereal, dried beans or peas, peanut butter and iron-fortified formula that supply crucial nutrients such as protein, iron, calcium and vitamins A and C essential to maintain health. The Virginia WIC Program (the special supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants and Children) is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is operated through local health departments and satellite and mobile clinics in Virginia.