The purpose of this memorandum is to remind schools, sponsors, and institutions participating in any U.S. Department of Agriculture Child Nutrition Program, including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, and the Seamless Summer Option, of the various resources available to help child nutrition program operators procure local foods.
On April 18, 2024, we published a final rule that revised the WIC food package regulations. The final rule contained incorrect table entries. This rule corrects those tables.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Administration is conducting a study titled WIC Tribal Organizations and U.S. Territories.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins strongly encourages WIC state agencies to familiarize themselves with the Guidelines and consider how the key recommendations can be incorporated into program operations to promote healthy outcomes and healthy families.
This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection for awarding local agencies for excellence in WIC breastfeeding services and support. The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 requires that the Department of Agriculture establish a program to recognize WIC local agencies and clinics that demonstrate exemplary breastfeeding promotion and support activities.
This memorandum seeks to ensure that current Food and Nutrition Service guidance pertaining to federal civil rights and nondiscrimination obligations remains aligned with applicable laws, regulations, executive orders and directives relevant to the agency’s 16 nutrition assistance programs.
Under Executive Order 14218, the United States Department of Agriculture is identifying federally funded programs that currently permit illegal aliens to obtain benefits, and, consistent with applicable law, taking appropriate actions.
The primary objective of this Handbook is to help state agencies navigate FNA requirements to secure approval, and get the requested funding, for modern eligibility systems and EBT benefit delivery services.
On Dec. 14, 2023, we published a final rule that went into effect on Feb. 12, 2024. In reviewing the resulting changes to the Code of Federal Regulations, we found that the final rule inadvertently omitted provisions from the CFR and contained several non-substantive errors. This document corrects those errors in the WIC regulations.
The memorandum communicates the fiscal year 2026 inflation-adjusted monthly cash-value voucher/benefit amounts. The memorandum also emphasizes our support of state agency efforts to provide more fruit and vegetable options to WIC participants.