
WIC provides seven food packages designed to meet the nutritional needs of different categories of participants. Applicants must also be at nutritional risk, as determined by a WIC-competent professional authority through a comprehensive nutrition and breastfeeding assessment. poverty level or participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). WIC applicants must have a family income at or below 185 percent of the U.S.

WIC is administered at the Federal level by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and is administered locally by 89 WIC State agencies. Referrals to health care and other social services.Information on healthy eating, including breastfeeding promotion and support, and.The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2015 Edition About WIC The following explains how the WIC program works, examines program trends, describes some of the impacts of WIC, and discusses some of the major economic issues facing the program. USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) conducts and funds studies of the WIC program and other USDA domestic food and nutrition assistance programs.

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