This memorandum revises and replaces WIC Policy Memorandum #2000-2, Use of Banked Human Breast Milk in the WIC Program, issued Feb. 28, 2000.
This policy memorandum notifies WIC state agencies that the WIC Policy Memorandum #1994-9 WIC Exit Counseling Brochure, dated June 6, 1994, is cancelled.
This memorandum provides FDPIR administering agencies with guidance on how to apply the new shelter/utility deduction and outlines changes in the process to calculate a household’s net monthly income to account for the new shelter/utility deduction.
This memorandum provides FDPIR administering agencies with guidance on changes to household eligibility requirements.
This memorandum provides interim guidance on new FDPIR regulatory waiver authority that became effective on Oct. 31, 2024.
This policy memorandum provides guidance to WIC state agencies on how to address corporate changes of ownership, including existing vendor authorization flexibilities, and on how to mitigate any resulting impacts on vendor authorization and participant access.
Through this memorandum, FNS is providing FDPIR administering agencies with initial implementation guidance and implementation dates for the provisions of the Improving Access and Parity Final Rule.
This letter serves as notice to all WIC state agencies that effective Sept. 18, 2024, the Secretary of Agriculture has declared that a Supply Chain Disruption exists in certain non-contract WIC state agencies where the ability of participants to obtain their prescribed Mead Johnson formulas is impacted due to limited stock.
This letter serves as notice to all WIC state agencies that effective Sept. 20, 2024, the Secretary of Agriculture has reaffirmed that a Supply Chain Disruption exists with Gerber infant formula contracts.
This letter is to inform Indian Tribal Organizations and state agencies operating FDPIR of the opportunity to receive funding, in the form of direct cash assistance, for the purchase of domestically grown and produced foods.