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Resource | Best Practices WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence Awardees

Each year WIC announces the Loving Support Award of Excellence program, formerly known as the Loving Support Award of Excellence.

10/02/2023
Landing Prioritizing Outreach

To make sure that eligible families know about WIC and the benefits it provides, FNS is investing in outreach.

09/26/2023
Landing Infant Formula

Many families rely on infant formula to feed their babies. Infant formula can provide important nutrients for your baby’s growth and development. Some FNS programs – including CACFP, SNAP, and WIC – provide access to formula to support healthy infant development. USDA is committed to ensuring that FNS program participants always have access to the formula they need.

09/21/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks

Guidance, resources, best practices, and training for CACFP operators to support them in providing healthy, balanced meals and snacks to the children and adults they serve.

09/21/2023
Resource | History USDA Proclamation: National WIC Breastfeeding Week

Secretary of Agriculture, do hereby proclaim August 1–7, 2023, as National WIC Breastfeeding Week.

06/21/2023
Resource | Federal Register Documents WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence

This information collection is mandated by section 231 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Section 231 of the HHFKA requires USDA to implement a program to recognize exemplary breastfeeding support practices at WIC local agencies and clinics.

05/03/2023
Resource | Data WIC Breastfeeding Data Local Agency Report

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (the Act), PL 111-296, established a new reporting requirement for the WIC Program. USDA is now mandated to compile and publish annually, breastfeeding performance measurements based on program participant data on the number of partially and fully breastfed infants for each WIC state and local agency.

01/26/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance WIC Food Packages - Maximum Monthly Allowances

These charts give the maximum monthly allowances of supplemental foods for women and children as well as for infants.

09/09/2022
Basic page CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Training Webinar Series

Join Team Nutrition for monthly training webinars on hot topics related to the CACFP meal pattern requirements.

08/30/2022
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