Eligibility of White Potatoes for Purchase with the Cash-Value Voucher
This policy memorandum provides guidance on implementing the provisions that requires state agencies to include white potatoes as an eligible purchase with the WIC cash-value voucher.
Protecting WIC Participant Confidentiality Within CDC Screening Protocols
This policy memorandum provides guidance for the protection of WIC applicants' and participants' confidential information, as required in the federal WIC regulations, while complying with screening protocols as recommended by the CDC to manage public health risks.
The WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2012: Food Package Report
The WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2012: Food Package Report is a supplement to the WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2012 biennial report. The Food Package Report describes the content of WIC food packages based on information on the packages or prescriptions issued to WIC participants in April 2012. This report is a new report and should be of interest to researchers at USDA, academics, and others who study or have interest in the WIC program and nutrition.
Sale of Safeway to AB Acquisition
This policy memorandum provides guidance to state agencies on authorization of vendors impacted by the sale of Safeway, Inc. (Safeway) to AB Acquisition, LLC (Albertsons).
Senior and Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Map
Senior and Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Map as of April 29, 2014.
Final Rule: Revisions in the WIC Food Packages; Approval of Information Collection Request
The rule titled Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children: Revisions in the WIC Food Packages was published on March 4, 2014. The Office of Management and Budget cleared the associated information collection requirements on April 14, 2014. This document announces approval of the ICR.
Criteria for Waiving the WIC Vendor Preauthorization Visit
This policy memorandum implements the vendor preauthorization provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2014.
WIC Food Package Rule: Implementation of Lowfat (1 percent) and Nonfat Milks Provision
This memorandum clarifies effective and implementation dates for the lowfat (1 percent) and nonfat milks provision and expectations related to implementation.
Correction: Revisions in the WIC Food Packages
This document is a correction appearing on pages 12273-12300 of a document that was published on 03/04/2014.
National and State-Level Estimates of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Eligibles and Program Reach, 2011
This report offers updated estimates of the number of people eligible for WIC benefits in 2011, including (1) estimates by participant category (including children by single year of age) and coverage rates; (2) updated estimates in U.S. territories; and (3) confidence intervals. The national estimates presented in this report are based on a methodology developed in 2003 by the Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council (CNSTAT).