These brand guidelines are for USDA, WIC state and local agencies, for-profit and nonprofit WIC partner organizations, WIC authorized vendors, and manufacturers.
The purpose of this memorandum is to update, clarify, and streamline the conditions that are applicable when certain members of the public choose to use the WIC acronym and logo.
On Sept. 2, 2026, President Trump signed the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 into law. Per the Act, the maximum monthly allowance of fluid milk for certain food packages provided in WIC will continue at the increased fiscal year 2026 amounts until Dec. 11, 2026.
This memorandum provides the fiscal year 2027 inflation adjustments to the monthly cash-value voucher/benefit amounts for fruit and vegetable purchases in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
This policy memorandum transmits the 2026-2027 Income Eligibility Guidelines (IEGs) for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins strongly encourages WIC state agencies to familiarize themselves with the Guidelines and consider how the key recommendations can be incorporated into program operations to promote healthy outcomes and healthy families.
This memorandum seeks to ensure that current Food and Nutrition Service guidance pertaining to federal civil rights and nondiscrimination obligations remains aligned with applicable laws, regulations, executive orders and directives relevant to the agency’s 16 nutrition assistance programs.
Under Executive Order 14218, the United States Department of Agriculture is identifying federally funded programs that currently permit illegal aliens to obtain benefits, and, consistent with applicable law, taking appropriate actions.
The primary objective of this Handbook is to help state agencies navigate FNA requirements to secure approval, and get the requested funding, for modern eligibility systems and EBT benefit delivery services.
The memorandum communicates the fiscal year 2026 inflation-adjusted monthly cash-value voucher/benefit amounts. The memorandum also emphasizes our support of state agency efforts to provide more fruit and vegetable options to WIC participants.