FNS Documents & Resources

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance to WIC state agencies in planning, preparing for and responding to the possibility of a human pandemic.

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance to WIC state agencies in planning, preparing for and responding to the possibility of a human pandemic.

Value Enhancement Nutrition Assessment (VENA) 

The purpose of the memorandum is to set forth policy in the APD process for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. These policy changes and/or clarifications should lessen the burden of the current WIC APD process, and are effective immediately.

This policy memorandum outlines the requirements for the revised WIC Advance Planning Document process and provides additional guidance to state agencies that are interested in the transfer of a SAM system.

This policy memo provides clarification of several program requirements regarding certification and monthly food benefits issuance cycles and reporting monthly participation on the WIC Financial Management and Participation Report (FNS-798).

Certification: Limitations on  Targeting Strategies Including Use of Applicant  Age

WIC Program—Program Costs: Administrative  and Program Services Costs

WIC Program—Program Costs- Focal Instruments  Used in Compliance Purchases

WIC Program—Food Delivery Systems: Separate  Cashiers for WIC Participants