Fact Sheet
Support the WIC Act
By National WIC Association
The Wise Investment in our Children Act (WIC Act), sponsored by Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) and Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Jenniffer González Colón (R-PR), would extend WIC’s postpartum eligibility to two years, child eligibility to age six or the beginning of kindergarten, and infant certification periods to two years.
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Date Added
February 13, 2022
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