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Resource | Policy Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit”

This notice sets forth the interpretation that the U.S. Department of Agriculture uses for the term “Federal public benefit” as used in Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. In doing so, this notice supersedes any prior interpretation in any notice or other document issued by any USDA agency. This notice also describes and preliminarily identifies the USDA programs that provide “Federal public benefits” within the scope of PRWORA.

07/10/2025
Basic page WIC MIS and EBT System Providers

List of WIC Management Information System support providers and Electronic Benefit Transfer processors. This list will be updated quarterly.

11/18/2024
Grant Substance Use Prevention Education in the WIC Program

The purpose of the Substance Use Prevention Education in the WIC Program project grant is to develop trainings and resources to assist state and local agency WIC staff when addressing substance use prevention and referrals with WIC participants.

05/16/2024
Resource | Technical Assistance WIC Program Grant Levels by Fiscal Year

WIC Food and Nutrition Services and Administration grant levels by fiscal year and state agency. Grant levels for the current fiscal year are posted approximately 30 days after an agriculture appropriations bill has been signed into law and are updated quarterly and at fiscal year-end.

09/29/2023
Grant FY 2023 WIC Food Packages Research Grants and Symposium

This request for application will provide $1,500,000 in federal funding, through a one-time cooperative agreement, to one external entity (institute of higher education or other non-profit research organization) that will ultimately provide grants to researchers to conduct pre- and post-implementation research around changes to the WIC food packages.

07/13/2023
Resource | FAQs/Q&As WIC Enrollment via State-Level Data Matching RFA FAQs

WIC enrollment via state-level data matching with SNAP & Medicaid grant RFA frequently asked questions.

06/16/2023
Resource | Webinars/Videos WIC Enrollment via State-Level Referral Data Matching RFA Webinar

Recorded webinar explaining a grant opportunity to facilitate data sharing activities that support targeted outreach and streamlined certification processes aimed at increasing the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children participation and retention. 

06/16/2023
Grant FY 2023 WIC Enrollment via State-Level Referral Data Matching with SNAP and Medicaid

The goal of this request for applications is to facilitate data sharing activities that support targeted outreach and streamlined certification processes aimed at increasing WIC participation and retention.

04/27/2023
Resource | Grants FY 2022 ARPA WIC Technology/Service Delivery Improvement: Communications, Data, and Metrics Grant

In FY 2022, FNA awarded $23,100,000.00 in grants to 66 WIC state agencies to support planning and implementation of projects to improve the WIC participant experience. State agencies each received $350,000.00 in funding to work on multiple types of projects.

12/14/2022
Grant FY 2023 Farm to School Grants

Each year $5 million is provided to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support grants, technical assistance, and other activities related to USDA’s Farm to School Program. Additional funding for the Farm to School Program was made available from the FY 2018 through FY 2022 agriculture appropriations acts and, as a result, USDA expects to award approximately $12 million under this solicitation. 

10/06/2022
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