Policy

Congressional Letter on WIC Food Package: March 2022

In March 2022, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Reps. Gwen Moore (D-WI) and Don Young (R-AK), along with 112 of their colleagues in Congress, wrote to […]

This resource provides a concise overview of critical public education and advocacy priorities for the WIC community. Throughout Spring 2023, WIC providers should be elevating the importance of securing funding […]

Child Nutrition Reauthorization Priorities

The Child Nutrition Reauthorization process is the prime opportunity to enact WIC reforms to improve service delivery and leverage WIC’s effective intervention to address national public health priorities. A reauthorization […]

Maximizing Efficiency: Streamlining WIC Services to Reach More Children

The Wise Investment in our Children Act (WIC Act) includes a provision that would extend infant certification periods to two years, removing duplicative paperwork requirements at a critical moment for […]

Extending WIC’s Postpartum Care: Setting the Stage for Healthier Outcomes

The Wise Investment in our Children Act (WIC Act) includes a provision that would extend postpartum eligibility for WIC to two years, delivering sustained nutrition support during the interpregnancy interval. […]

WIC to 6: Addressing Nutrition Gaps

The Wise Investment in our Children Act (WIC Act) includes a provision that would extend child eligibility for WIC to age six or the beginning of kindergarten. This resource details […]

Proven Outcomes: Recent Research Adds to WIC’s Public Health Record

For nearly fifty years, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has supported health and nutrition needs during a targeted life stage for millions of families, […]

Support the WIC Healthy Beginnings Act

The WIC Healthy Beginnings Act, sponsored by Sens. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), would require USDA to establish a public database of open bid solicitations for sole-source infant […]

Support the WIC for Kids Act

The WIC for Kids Act, sponsored by Reps. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) and Jenniffer González Colón (R-PR), would extend child certification periods to two years, allow WIC providers flexibilities to align […]