USDA intends to use all available program flexibilities and contingencies to serve our program participants across our 15 nutrition programs. We have already begun to issue waivers to ease program operations and protect the health of participants.
This final rule excludes combat pay from inclusion in the WIC income eligibility determination for deployed service members.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 created the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund for certain veterans, or surviving spouses of veterans, who served in the military of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II and directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide one time payments of up to $15,000 to eligible persons.
This memorandum provides guidance to WIC state and local agencies regarding military combat pay received by service members during a deployment.
This final rule provides WIC state agencies the option to exclude payments to military personnel for privatized housing, whether on or off military installations.