The problem is that WIC is only granted a certain amount of money per region per period. More people than ever are having to turn to WIC to feed their babies because of the economy. The funding can't keep up with the increase. So while she isn't starving her baby, she could very well be taking formula from a baby who needed it but wouldn't get it because of a lack of funds. That's the reason you have to sign the contract to return unused formula.
So in addition to be morally wrong and quite frankly stealing from the taxpayer, she's also potentially depriving another baby of food. I'd report her in a second and give her a piece of my mind. I can't imagine being that selfish.
and thats why they tell you to bring back the unused forumla to them
Personaly when i was in the WIC program I never got enough to get us thru a month. I had to buy some out of my own pocket.
I was thankful for what I had though.
I did hear women sitting in the waiting room complaining about how they didnt get enough and how WIC SHOULD give more.
I think the WIC program is GREAT!!! It helps so many people and I dont judge people who are on it.
In another one of my forums a few months ago A woman started a thred about how much money WIC puts out in formula every month and how women who couldent afford to ff should be made to bf and that there is no reason any woman cant do it because she personaly worked an 80 hour work week and ebfd untill her lo was 18 mos old.
She also went so far as to say that no one ever REALLY has problems bfing unless you have had a mastectomy or something and in that case you just shouldent have children because your being selfish, and that saying you have a supply issue is a bad excuse for laziness and not wanting to put fwd the effort.
ANd it blew up into a BF vs FF event and then that event met the Govt assistance vs non govt assistance event.
The reason I mentioned that is to bring me to my next point
There are ALOT of people out there who abuse the system badly.
Because of them any one needing assistance tends to be judged.
I have experienced it myself.
I suddently became a single mom and had to go into the system.
I was in the grocery storeone day with my kids who were still little.
A woman behind me had been talking to me and my kids and we all just had a nice conversation. the cashier rung me up an I pulled out my EBT (food stamp card) to pay for my stuff and the womans demeanor changed fast
she even went so far as to ask me if they all had the same father.
This was INCREADIBLY insulting
The point is, people like this woman is what gives every one who needs help a bad name. People liike that are the reason people argue over who deserves help and should have children or not.
the whole thing has remindind me of a girl I used to know who had two toddlers.
she was on food stamps and welfare she got her hair and nails done every month (or more could have been) She would go every month to a different church to get help with her electric bill. Most of the time the church will take care of the over due to keep you from getting cut off and then leave the current charges.
She went to one church and took the letter and bill. One woman took her bill to another room while another woman packed a box of food and such for her.
The other woman came back out and told her that she went ahead and paid the whole balance.
Well the girl actually got mad that the woman paid it for her instead of giving her the money like other churches because she could have paid the over due and then used the extra for gas and pampers.
I just wanted to scream!
Again my point is, its people who do this kind of thing that makes the rest of us who end up in a bad situation look bad too.
