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            Cultivating Health, Nutrition & Innovation in the Land of Enchantment
      USDA FNS Administrator and regional FNS leadership visited New Mexico to recognize several FNS nutrition assistance programs in action and learn how FNS can support their work. New Mexico is one of the first states to offer healthy meals to all children, ensuring more kids have access to the meals they need to thrive at school and beyond.
      06/23/2023
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            Easier Enrollment in WIC Leads to Healthier Moms and Kids
      USDA FNS is working hard to get more eligible families connected to WIC by making it easier to enroll.
      04/27/2023
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            Increasing Transparency around WIC Infant Formula Contracts
      Increasing transparency and encouraging competition around WIC formula contracts may seem purely bureaucratic, but it’s actually a vital step toward ensuring babies can get the formula they need.
      12/21/2022
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            Omaha Tribe of Nebraska WIC Garden Partners with Community for Nutrition Education
      The Omaha Nation WIC program recognizes the importance of incorporating Indigenous foods and traditional cooking practices into the WIC experience to form a holistic approach to nutrition education. Recently, they have taken extra steps to spotlight foods indigenous to their community, as well as dishes and cooking methods traditionally used by the Umónhon people.
      11/09/2022
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            USDA Food Assistance Programs at Work in Guam and CNMI
      On August 14-19, a leadership team traveled to Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Marianna Islands to meet with the territories’ leadership, superintendents and commissioners, that administer USDA food assistance programs. They discussed the challenges of transitioning back to pre-pandemic operations, how USDA could assist, and lessons learned.
      10/12/2022
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            FNS Staff Recall Highlights from White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
      Here’s what FNS staff had to say about the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health and what lies ahead.
      10/05/2022
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            The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health: What it Means to Me
      Today kicks off the second, historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. It’s been more than 50 years since the last conference, which produced impactful, meaningful changes to improve USDA nutrition assistance programs, including SNAP, WIC and school meals. The conference will work towards ending hunger and reducing diet-related diseases and disparities in the U.S. by 2030.
      09/28/2022
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            Liberation Farms - Food Justice in Action
      Liberation Farms allows families to grow food for themselves. In 2020, support from community partners helped move farm operations onto a single property with room for everyone – and a herd of goats, too!
      09/22/2022
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            Keeping WIC Participants with Special Nutritional Needs Safe during the Infant Formula Shortage
      In WIC, specialty formulas are issued with a doctor’s note to participants receiving Food Package III, which is for children with special nutritional needs. These babies have a documented health condition that requires the use of a specialty formula. With specialty formula in short supply, many families have needed an alternative option. WIC state agencies can use a variety of strategies to support participants’ access to specialty formulas.
      09/08/2022
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            Nutritionists: The Link to Nutrition Security
      WIC’s food package helps to supplement a household’s food budget, increasing participants’ food resources and helping to tackle food and nutrition insecurity. Nutrition educators are a critical ingredient to helping the USDA promote and elevate nutrition security.
      09/07/2022
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            White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health – It is almost here!
      The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health will be on September 28th – the first of its kind in over 50 years. The conference will focus on nutrition security, which means maintaining consistent and equitable access to healthy, safe and affordable food.
      09/06/2022
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            Mary’s Center Provides Meaningful Support for WIC Families
      Mary’s Center WIC staff recently implemented electronic benefits transfer, also known as eWIC, in Washington, D.C.
      08/03/2022
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            Caring for Our Clients
      To all WIC staff around the U.S., territories, and tribal nations, we are grateful for your creative problem-solving and commitment to caring for people during this challenging time.
      06/13/2022
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            Welcoming Dad to the WIC Family
      When enrolling moms into the USDA WIC, less than 30% of state agencies in Connecticut were asking for the fathers name. We don't encourage dads to step up and then we wonder why they don't show up.
      06/09/2022
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            Keeping Infants Safe in Midst of Formula Shortages
      The ongoing infant formula shortage due to supply chain issues, which worsened due to a major formula recall in February, has left many caregivers feeling concerned and anxious about their options for safely feeding their infants.
      05/13/2022
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            WIC Rises to the Challenge
      Supporting families is the foundation of our mission here at USDA. So, before we close 2021, I’d like to look back at one of our programs that continues to do just that.
      12/30/2021
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            WIC Making a Difference for Mississippi Mom
      When Rebecca and Parker Catt became parents, they faced a new set of challenges, including making the right choices in deciding what their baby James should be fed.
      05/28/2021
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            WIC - A Pathway to Long-Term Success
      The value of a healthy start in life cannot be overstated. It’s what everyone deserves and is a critical foundation for a successful and self-sufficient future. At USDA, we deliver on that promise, by ensuring healthy beginnings through WIC.
      03/25/2019Page updated: February 25, 2021 Return to top

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