Mecklenburg County WIC has 2 weeks’ funding amidst government shutdown

Mecklenburg County Health Officials told Channel 9 that they have two weeks of nutrition funding for women, infants, and children, also known as WIC, amidst a government shutdown.

The United States government has been shut down since Wednesday after Democratic and Republican spending bills failed to pass.

Channel 9 reached out to Mecklenburg County Public Health on Friday to learn more about the funding they have remaining for WIC. As of now, the program has enough money to go on for two weeks…

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