Cherokee Nation
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- Website: Summer EBT Program
- Hotline: 539-234-3265 or 800-256-0671 ext. 5275
- Email: wicsebtc@cherokee.org
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Improving the Shopping Experience
We want WIC families to be able to shop simply and conveniently, just like other shoppers. FNS is supporting WIC state agencies as they modernize the shopping experience in store, online, and at farmers markets, through both funding and waivers.
09/26/2023
Resource | Policy Memos
Guidance for State Implementation of Summer EBT in 2024
The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023 authorized a permanent, nationwide Summer EBT program beginning in 2024. The Act requires FNS to promulgate interim regulations within a year of the Act’s enactment. Interim regulations are effective upon publication and FNS will accept comments on the interim rule to inform subsequent rulemakings.
SEBT 01-2023
06/07/2023
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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
Resource | Policy Memos
Questions and Answers Regarding the 2022 Infant Formula Shortage in the CACFP
The ongoing infant formula shortage due to supply chain issues, which worsened due to a major formula recall in February 2022, has left many CACFP operators concerned about access to formula and their options for safely feeding infants in their care.
CACFP 10-2022
06/17/2022
Resource | Policy
WIC Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments for 2022
This memo transmits updates to the maximum size of WIC civil monetary penalties to reflect inflationary adjustments for 2022, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Improvements Act of 2015.
WIC Policy Memo 2022-4
03/25/2022
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0080
WIC Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) Inflation Adjustment for 2021
This policy memorandum transmits the Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) inflation adjustment for 2021 for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The adjustment was published in the Federal Register as part of the Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments for 2021 Final Rule published on May 10, 2021, at 86 FR 24699.
WIC Policy Memorandum #2021-8
08/09/2021
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0015
Nationwide Waiver to Allow Non-Congregate Feeding for Summer 2021 Operations – EXTENSION 6
This waiver extends the Nationwide Waiver to Allow Non-Congregate Feeding in the Summer Food Service Program and National School Lunch Program Seamless Summer Option granted on Oct. 9, 2020, that expires on June 30, 2021—through Sept. 30, 2021.
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #75
03/09/2021
Resource | Policy
WIC Policy Memorandum #2021-2: WIC Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment for 2020
WIC Policy Memorandum: #2021-2: WIC Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) Inflation Adjustment for 2020
2021-2
12/09/2020
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0015
Taking Food Components Offsite in the At-Risk Afterschool Component of CACFP
The purpose of this memorandum is to extend to the at-risk afterschool component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program the flexibility to take certain food items offsite.
CACFP10-2017
04/06/2017
Resource | Final Rule
Final Rule: Discretionary WIC Vendor Provisions in the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 - PL 108-265
This final rule amends regulations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children by adding three requirements mandated by the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 in amendments to the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 concerning retail vendors authorized by WIC state agencies to provide supplemental food to WIC participants in exchange for WIC food instruments.
01/06/2009