Women, Infants and Children Clinic (WIC) services may once again be available on post for Fort Riley residents.

Florence Whitebread, Geary County Commission Chair, said that the closure of the previous clinic on Fort Riley that was run by Riley County created an overload at the Junction City WIC office.

“Most of those people because of their close proximity to Junction City came in to Junction [City] to use the WIC programs, so it has really been an overload on their system and they’re finally finding enough people to do it – because you have to have a dietitian and numerous requirements for this program,” said Whitebread.

There are a few details to work out, but Whitebread said that the new Irwin Army Community Hospital may be able to offer WIC services for Fort Riley residents.

“Fort Riley is considering the possibility of taking that WIC back again at the new hospital; there is one problem that could stop that and that’s the internet access because they would have to be a stand alone internet access with the state, so there’s still a lot of discussion on that and what will happen [well] we’ll have to wait and see,” said Whitebread.

According to Whitebread, the Junction City WIC Department is catching up on the extra demand, but services on Fort Riley would be beneficial.