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- Hotline: 539-234-3265 or 800-256-0671 ext. 5275
- Email: wicsebtc@cherokee.org
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
FY 2022 ARPA WIC Technology/Service Delivery Improvement: Communications, Data, and Metrics Grant
In FY 2022, FNS awarded $23,100,000.00 in grants to 66 WIC state agencies to support planning and implementation of projects to improve the WIC participant experience. State agencies each received $350,000.00 in funding to work on multiple types of projects.
12/14/2022
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
FY 2022 WIC Shopping Experience Improvement Grant Project Summaries
FNS awarded grants to WIC state agencies to tackle the WIC shopping experience from every angle—from improving in store signage and cashier training, to working toward online shopping.
12/14/2022
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WIC Food Packages - Regulatory Requirements for WIC-Eligible Foods
The following list provides the federal requirements for WIC-eligible foods. USDA requirements for WIC-eligible foods can be found in 7 CFR Part 246.10 and WIC Policy Memorandum #2015-3, Eligibility of White Potatoes for Purchase with the Cash-Value Vouchers.
11/30/2022
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Revisions to the WIC Food Package
Actions leading up to the 2024 final rule: Revisions to the WIC Food packages.
11/17/2022
Resource | Federal Register Documents
Proposed Rule: Revisions in the WIC Food Packages (2022)
This rulemaking proposes to revise regulations governing the WIC food packages to align them with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and reflect recommendations made by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in its 2017 report, “Review of WIC Food Packages: Improving Balance and Choice. while promoting nutrition security and equity and taking into account program administration considerations.
11/17/2022
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WIC Food Packages
The WIC food packages provide supplemental foods designed to address the specific nutritional needs of income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum individuals, infants, and children up to five years of age who are at nutritional risk.
11/17/2022
Resource | Policy Memos
Abbott Infant Formula Recall Waiver Expiration Memo
This letter extends the expiration date for certain flexibilities for WIC state agencies following the Abbott Recall and infant formula shortage.
WPM 2023-1
11/08/2022
Resource | Presentations
NAFDPIR Annual Conference Presentations
USDA presentations for the NAFDPIR Conference.
11/07/2022
Resource | Policy Memos
CSFP Submission of Additional Caseload Requests for 2023
This document provides information on the requirements for submission of additional CSFP caseload requests for states and ITOs wishing to increase their assigned caseload in 2023.
09/29/2022
Resource | History
FDPIR Food Package Review Work Group
The purpose of the FDPIR Food Package Review Work Group is to review the FDPIR food package on an ongoing basis, with the goal of revising it to better meet the nutritional needs and food preferences of program participants without significantly increasing overall food package costs.
09/19/2022