This report, the latest in a series of annual reports on WIC eligibility, presents 2022 national and state estimates of the number of people eligible for WIC benefits and the percents of the eligible population and the US population covered by the program, including estimates by participant category.
This letter serves as notice to all WIC state agencies that effective Aug. 6, 2024, the Secretary of Agriculture has reaffirmed that a supply chain disruption exists in WIC state agencies with Gerber infant formula contracts.
FNS collects information from state and local agencies, applicants, and retail vendors to determine eligibility in the WIC program. This ongoing information collection is mandatory for state agencies and required to obtain or retain benefits for the WIC participants.
This letter is in response to the impact of a destructive tornado that hit Mount Vernon, Indiana on July 9, 2024, causing substantial damage to a Mead Johnson distribution center.
This letter serves as notice to all WIC State agencies that effective July 18, 2024, the Secretary of Agriculture has declared that a supply chain disruption exists in areas served by WIC state agencies with Mead Johnson infant formula contracts.
This memorandum provides the fiscal year 2025 inflation-adjusted monthly cash-value voucher/benefit amounts for fruit and vegetable purchases in WIC.
This policy memorandum transmits the WIC civil monetary penalty (CMP) inflation adjustments for 2024.
This letter serves as notice to all WIC state agencies that effective June 21, 2024, the Secretary has reaffirmed that a supply chain disruption exists with Gerber infant formula contracts.
The program participation dashboard is an interactive tool that provides FNS nutrition program data, including participation and meals served, at the state, territory, and national levels.
The purpose of this letter is to summarize existing WIC caseload management policies and ensure WIC state agencies' share a common understanding of allowable caseload management strategies in the event the WIC program experiences funding constraints.