The Food and Nutrition Service, under the rules of the Department of Agriculture, works the WIC Program (“Women, Infants and Children,” 2017). WIC stands for Women, Infants, and Children. The WIC program is a dietary program that provides healthy food choices to women who are pregnant, or have already had their infants; and are breastfeeding or those who have chosen to use formula. It also provides nutritious choices for newborn children, and kids up to age of five. Participants of the WIC program are low-wage people, who are healthfully in danger. WIC’s mission is to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on
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These nutritional benefits include: supplemental food items, WIC centers that offer training and education along with referrals or screenings to other offices in their state. WIC has working destinations in every one of the 50 states. WIC sites are also located on Indian Tribal communities, in the District of Columbia, and in five American territories. Some of the health-related facilities that provide WIC services are in schools, hospitals, community centers, Indian service centers, county departments, mobile units, and public housing complexes (“Women, Infants and Children,” …show more content…
Federal program costs for WIC were nearly $6.2 billion in fiscal year 2015 (Oliveira, 2017). WIC is subsidized governmentally through a grant that dispenses an assigned amount of money every year. The WIC program is a nutrition wellness program under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). It is a program that is funded yearly through the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations Committee (“WIC Program Overview,” 2017). The program’s yearly spending proposition is drafted by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service for the Federal financial year. It is then decided by Congress how much funding the WIC program will get every year. Once Congress passes the proposition and is marked into law, funding is given to each state, and managed by local counties, health clinics, and private non-profit organizations (“WIC Program Overview,”
These nutritional benefits include: supplemental food items, WIC centers that offer training and education along with referrals or screenings to other offices in their state. WIC has working destinations in every one of the 50 states. WIC sites are also located on Indian Tribal communities, in the District of Columbia, and in five American territories. Some of the health-related facilities that provide WIC services are in schools, hospitals, community centers, Indian service centers, county departments, mobile units, and public housing complexes (“Women, Infants and Children,” …show more content…
Federal program costs for WIC were nearly $6.2 billion in fiscal year 2015 (Oliveira, 2017). WIC is subsidized governmentally through a grant that dispenses an assigned amount of money every year. The WIC program is a nutrition wellness program under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). It is a program that is funded yearly through the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations Committee (“WIC Program Overview,” 2017). The program’s yearly spending proposition is drafted by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service for the Federal financial year. It is then decided by Congress how much funding the WIC program will get every year. Once Congress passes the proposition and is marked into law, funding is given to each state, and managed by local counties, health clinics, and private non-profit organizations (“WIC Program Overview,”