The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children ( Eng. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) ) is a federal aid program in the United States that is administered by the Federal Agency for Food and Nutrition (FNS) Department of Agriculture USA. The US Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is responsible for managing the country's domestic programs and nutrition assistance.
Objectives and conditions of participation
The program is aimed at protecting health and nutrition for low-income pregnant women, lactating women, infants and children under five years old whose family income is below 185%, respectively, to the United States with income poverty. This program is not related to the Food Stamp Program, which is issued by the United States Department of Agriculture . Currently, WIC serves 53 percent of all children born in the United States. Family income must be below the amount equal to 185% of the federal poverty level. This is about $ 45,000 for a median family income of four. As of 1995, the cost of the program per year was $ 3,500 million, and the number of secured people was 7 million people. In 2010, the poverty indicator for a family of 4 people who do not have children under the age of 18 was $ 22,541, while the rate for a family of 4 people and 2 children under the age of 18 was $ 22,162 For comparison, in 2011 the Department The United States Health and Human Services Department (HHS) considered the benchmark for determining poverty for a family of 4 to be $ 22,350.
See also
- TANF