This policy memorandum transmits the 2025-2026 Income Eligibility Guidelines for WIC that were published in the Federal Register on March 10, 2025.
This final national caseload level ensures that resources are sufficient to provide full food packages to participants throughout the caseload cycle. We are allocating final caseload and administrative grants for 2025 to CSFP state agencies, including Tribes and U.S. territories.
This memorandum transmits the 2025 income guidelines for state agencies and tribes in determining the eligibility of individuals applying to participate in CSFP.
This memorandum revises and replaces WIC Policy Memorandum #2000-2, Use of Banked Human Breast Milk in the WIC Program, issued Feb. 28, 2000.
On April 25, 2024, FNS published the final rule, Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans that included minor updates to CACFP and SFSP to better align child nutrition program requirements. These updates represent continued progress toward supporting the nutritional quality of school meals, strengthening the CNPs, and advancing USDA’s commitment to nutrition security.
This memorandum provides updated guidance on feeding infants and the infant meal pattern requirements.
This policy memorandum notifies WIC state agencies that the WIC Policy Memorandum #1994-9 WIC Exit Counseling Brochure, dated June 6, 1994, is cancelled.
This memorandum explains the grain requirements for the Child and Adult Care Food Program and includes questions and answers. This memorandum supersedes CACFP 09-2018, Grain Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers, published April 4, 2018.
This memorandum provides CSFP state agencies, including ITOs, with guidance on the requirements for conferring CSFP income eligibility through participation in specific federal programs or state programs with income eligibility guidelines at or below the state agency’s CSFP threshold.
This memorandum provides CSFP state agencies, including ITOs, with guidance on the requirements for verifying the identity of CSFP participants prior to the distribution of USDA Foods.