Resource Types: Guidance

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Building Support for WIC in Your Community: Engaging Partners and Forging Coalitions

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource describes the importance of partnerships to your advocacy work and how to go about building strategic partnerships.

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WIC Funding Basics

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource, provides an explanation of how WIC is funded.

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When Does Advocacy Become Lobbying?

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource, describes the differences between advocacy and lobbying and how you can advocate without stepping into the territory of lobbying.

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What is Advocacy

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource lists all of the ways you can advocate for WIC.

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Why Advocacy Matters

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource explains why it’s important to talk about WIC on a local, state and national level.

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WIC Policy Memorandum #2017-1: New MIS Guidelines and Revised Procedures for EBT and MIS Grant Funding

This policy memorandum set forth updated WIC Management Information System (MIS) guidelines and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) and MIS funding guidance to facilitate the implementation of statewide WIC EBT systems.

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WIC Universal MIS – EBT Interface, Functional Requirements Specification, March 2015 Version

This document standardizes the functional requirements for the Universal Interface between the WIC Management Information Systems (WIC MIS) and the WIC Electronic Benefit Transfer systems (WIC EBT system) used in […]

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WIC EBT Technical Implementation Guide 2018 Version

The Technical Implementation Guide (TIG) is a technical resource for states to apply in their EBT implementation projects for consistency in WIC EBT online purchase messages and file handling processes […]

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WIC EBT Operating Rules

The Operating Rules (OR) is a technical resource for states to apply in their EBT implementation projects for consistency in WIC EBT online purchase messages and file handling processes utilized […]

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FNS Handbook 901 v2 Advance Planning Documents

The primary objective of this Handbook is to help State agencies navigate FNS requirements to secure approval, and get the requested funding, for modern eligibility systems and EBT benefit delivery […]

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