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Policy and Guidance

WIC Program Policy Memos - by date of issuance

2013
2013-3 Income Eligibility Guidance 04/26/13
2013-2 Publication of New Income Eligibility Guidelines 04/04/13
2013-1 Offsetting Federal Claims against WIC State Agencies 02/07/13
2012
2012-4 Publication of New WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines 03/30/12
2012-3 Vendors Offering Incentive Items to WIC Participants 03/27/12
2012-2 Nondiscrimination Statement for WIC Materials 02/14/12
2012-1 Offering to Sell WIC Foods, Benefits and/or EBT Cards Publicly or Online 02/10/12
2011
2011-7

Conversion Factors for WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines (IEGs)

06/08/11
2011-6

Authority to exceed the maximum amount of liquid infant formula

06/01/11
2011-5

WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria

05/20/11
2011-4*

Publication of New WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines

03/24/11
2011-3 Implementation of WIC-Related Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Provisions of P.L. 111-296 03/22/11
2011-2*

Implementation of the Nondiscretionary Non-Electronic Benefits Transfer-Related Provisions of P.L. 111-296

03/11/11
2011-1*

Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization 2010: Section 361, Full Use of Federal Funds

Q and A Follow-up to Policy Memo 2011-1
Q and A Follow-up to Policy Memo 2011 - Part II

02/18/11

03/30/11
05/12/11

2010

2010-9*

Update on Publication of Poverty Guidelines and Income Eligibility
Guidelines

08/03/10
2010-8*

Update on the Continuing Delay of the Publication of DHHS Poverty Guidelines

06/22/10
2010-7

Nondiscrimination Statement for WIC Materials - Superseded by Policy Memo 2012-2

 
2010-6*

Income of 2010 Census Workers

03/17/10
2010-5

Payments to Certain Filipino World War II Veterans - Exclusion from Income and Resources

03/10/10

2010-4

Haitian Refugees in the WIC Program

03/03/10

2010-3

Transition Participation Reporting

12/09/09

2010-2

Exclusion of Combat Pay from WIC Income Eligibility Determination

11/02/09
2010-1*

Implementation of P.L. 111-80: Fruit and Vegetable Cash Value Voucher Increase for Women

10/22/09

2009

2009-3

State Agency Furloughs and Shutdowns 

09/18/09

2009-2*

Publication of New Income Eligibility Guidelines 
   Attachment - Federal Register chart 
   Attachment - Large Families

03/11/09

2009-1

Clarification on the Use of the WIC Acronym and Logo

12/31/08

2008

2008-4

WIC Nutrition Services Documentation

07/03/08

2008-3*

Publication of New Income Eligibility Guidelines
   Attachment - Federal Register Notice
   Attachment - Large Families

04/08/08

2008-2*

Rebates from the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

03/31/08

2007-2

State Agency Model (SAM) Systems Transfer Requirements
(Clarification of Policy Memo 2007-2)

02/05/08

2008-1

WIC Program Explanation for Participants

01/15/08

2007

2007-5

WIC Program Response to a Human Pandemic

06/25/07

2007-4

WIC Advanced Planning Document (APD) Policy Changes

03/22/07

2007-3*

Publication of New WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines   
  Attachment - Federal Register Notice

03/14/07

 

State Agency Model (SAM) Systems Transfer Requirements
(Clarification of Policy Memo 2007-2)

02/05/08

2007-2

State Agency Model (SAM) Systems Transfers

02/07/07

2007-1

Certification and Monthly Food Benefits Issuance Cycles and Reporting Monthly Participation on the FNS-798

01/03/07

2006

2006-7*

Publication of New WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines

03/16/06

2006-6

Vendor Cost Containment Interim Rule Clarification

03/15/06

2006-5

Value Enhanced Nutrition Assessment (VENA) - WIC Nutrition Assessment Policy

03/15/06

2006-4

Vendor Cost Containment Interim Rule

01/11/06

2006-3

Nondiscrimination Statement for WIC Materials - Superseded by Policy Memo 2012-2

 

2006-2

Prohibition Against Authorization of Certain Vendors

11/25/05

2006-1

Treatment of National Flood Insurance Program Payments in WIC Income Eligibility Determinations - superseded by Federal Regulations

11/04/05

2005

    *

Guidance for WIC Policy Memo 2004-4, Implementation of the Infant Formula Cost Containment Provisions of P.L. 108-265 (with attachment)

08/01/05

2005-4*

Publication of New WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines    
  Attachment - Federal Register Notice    (includes chart for family size 1-8)  
  Attachment - Chart for Calculating Income Eligibility for Large Family Size

03/17/05

2005-3

Price Adjustments, Collections, Fines, and Program Income

01/13/05

2005-2

Prohibition Against Authorization of Certain Vendors - Superseded by Policy Memo 2006-2

12/14/04

2005-1A*

Addendum
Implementation of Certain WIC Vendor Provisions of P.L. 108-265

04/20/05

2005-1*

Implementation of Certain WIC Vendor Provisions of P.L. 108-265

12/06/04

2004

2004-5*

Implementation of the Certification and General Administration Provisions of P.L. 108-265

08/05/04

2004-4*

Implementation of the Infant Formula Cost Containment Provisions of P.L. 108-265

Guidance for WIC Policy Memo 2004-4, Implementation of the Infant Formula Cost Containment Provisions of P.L. 108-265 (with attachment)

07/30/04

08/01/05

2002-6
Revision 1

Revision 1 WIC Racial/Ethnic Data Collection

04/07/04

2004-3*

Implementation of the Funding Provisions of P.L. 108-265

07/22/04

2004-2

Treatment of Medicare Prescription Drug Card and Related Transitional Assistance in WIC Income Eligibility Determinations

06/29/04

2004-1*

Publication of New WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines    
  Attachment - Federal Register Notice
  
  Attachment - Chart for family size 1-8
   
  Attachment - Chart for Calculating Income Eligibility for Large Family Size

03/30/04

* These policies are not currently in use: they appear here for historical purposes.

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