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Basic page 2019 WIC Special Project Innovation Grant

2019 WIC Special Project Innovation Grant - Awarded as a cooperative agreement to work with FNS and help award sub-grants to state agencies.

12/18/2019
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0097 Donation of Unused, Returned Infant Formula

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service recommends WIC clinics dispose of unused, returned WIC infant formula in accordance with state and local health and safety laws. FNS does not recommend donating unused, returned WIC infant formula to entities such as food banks or food pantries.

WIC Policy Memorandum #2020-1
12/17/2019
Resource | Infographics WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2: Third Year Report

WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 Infographic

12/12/2019
Resource | Research | Participation Characteristics National- and State-Level Estimates of WIC Eligibility and WIC Program Reach in 2017

This report, the latest in a series of annual reports on WIC eligibility, presents 2017 national and state estimates of the number of people eligible for WIC benefits and the percents of the eligible population and the US population covered by the program, including estimates by participant category.

The report also provides estimates by region, state, U.S. territory, and race and ethnicity

12/12/2019
Resource | Report State Level Estimates of Infants and Children at or Below 185 Percent of Poverty

Estimates prepared from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the decennial Census and used in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) funding formula to determine states' fair shares of WIC food funds.

11/19/2019
Basic page EEO Complaint Process

USDA prohibits discrimination against its employees. USDA employees and applicants for employment who believe they have been subjected to employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity and expression), national origin, age, disability, reprisal, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, or genetic information, have the right to file an EEO complaint.

10/21/2019
Resource | Forms Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo

La División de Derechos Civiles (CRD, por sus siglas en inglés) se asegura que el Servicio de Alimentos y Nutrición (FNS, por sus siglas en inglés) cumpla con las leyes, reglamentos, políticas, e instrucciones que prohíben la discriminación en contra de los empleados y los solicitantes en el trabajo federal. Las leyes de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEO, por sus siglas en inglés) prohíben la discriminación en el trabajo para asegurar una contratación justa, competencia en las promociones e igualdad de acceso a oportunidades de capacitación/desarrollo. 

10/21/2019
Basic page Special Emphasis Program Directory

FNS has the following Special Emphasis Programs

10/21/2019
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0082 WIC Infant Formula Rebate Solicitations – Bidding on Single Milk- and Soy-Based Infant Formula

The purpose of this memorandum is to ensure that all stakeholders are aware of the federal regulatory scheme related to bidding on single milk- and soy-based infant formula rebate contracts.

10/17/2019
Resource | Comment Request Comment Request - Reasons for Underredemption of the WIC Cash-Value Benefit

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection for Reasons for Underredemption of the WIC Cash-Value Benefit.

08/08/2019
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