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Resource | Guidance Documents WIC Income Eligibility and Natural Disasters

In the wake of the recent natural disasters experienced by several states, a number of questions have been presented to this office regarding WIC's role in providing assistance to disaster victims. This memorandum is intended to clarify some of the issues that surfaced pertaining to these occurrences.

10/19/1992
Resource | Policy Breastfeeding Support During Certification and Food Package Issuance

We believe WIC staff need to provide additional support for breastfeeding at the time of certification and food package issuance in the following areas: providing complete information to participants on WIC benefits for breastfeeding women; resisting the distribution of unwanted infant formula to breastfeeding women; and, obtaining the cooperation of retailers in not redeeming unused infant formula for WIC participants.

02/10/1992
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