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Supporting the WIC Workforce
WIC staff should reflect the diversity and rich cultural experiences of WIC families. FNS has invested $31.5 million into a 5-year Inter-Agency Agreement with USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support the WIC workforce.
09/26/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
FY 2022-24 WIC FMNP eSolution Grant Summaries
Since FY 2022, FNS has awarded over $9 million in grants to 37 State agencies to support WIC FMNP eSolutions.
09/26/2023
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Modernizing Technology and Service Delivery
Enrolling in and sticking with WIC helps families get the nutrition and healthcare they need to build a healthier future. FNS is working with state and federal partners to make the WIC journey, from start to finish, a smoother, more fulfilling experience for all participants by modernizing technology and service delivery.
09/26/2023
Resource | Grants
FY 2023 WIC Modernization Grant – Notice of Funding Availability
As part of the WIC innovation and modernization efforts to be funded under ARPA, FNS is supporting planning and implementation projects focused on enhancements that improve the WIC participant experience, as evidenced by enhancing the WIC shopping experience, increasing participant enrollment, reducing unnecessary administrative burden for both participants and administrators, including through data matching to streamline enrollment, and retaining eligible participants while improving equity
05/22/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
Letter to WIC State Agencies on Unwinding and Impacts of Infant Formula Shortage
Letter to WIC state agencies on unwinding and impacts of infant formula shortage.
12/19/2022
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
FY 2022 WIC Shopping Experience Improvement Grant Project Summaries
FNS awarded grants to WIC state agencies to tackle the WIC shopping experience from every angle—from improving in store signage and cashier training, to working toward online shopping.
12/14/2022
Resource | Federal Register Documents
Comment Request: Generic Clearance to Conduct Formative Research or Development of Nutrition Education and Promotion Materials and Related Tools and Grants for FNS Population Groups
This request for approval of information collection is necessary to obtain input into the development of nutrition education interventions for population groups served by FNS. Collection of this information will increase FNS' ability to formulate nutrition education interventions that resonate with the intended target population, particularly low-income families.
12/14/2022
Resource | Notices
Information Collection: WIC Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring Study-In-Person Data Collection
This collection is a revision of the currently approved collection for the WIC Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring Study (WIC NATS). The revision adds data collection from in-person site visits, where the data collection activities planned for the currently approved remote site visits will be replicated for use with 30 WIC clinic sites for in-person site visits once WIC clinic sites safely resume in-person operations.
08/04/2021
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2020-0189
Use of Manufacturer-Provided Nutrition Information to Determine WIC Food Item Eligibility
This memorandum provides information to assist WIC state agencies in ensuring WIC supplemental foods on the state approved product list meet the minimum federal nutrition requirements and specifications.
12/03/2020
Resource | Research | Nutrition Education
WIC Nutrition Education Study: Phase II Final Report
Phase II was a methodological study, conducted in six sites during 2015–2016, to test an approach to determine its feasibility for a national evaluation.
09/21/2018