Approximately 40,000 checks are cashed at local WIC authorized stores each month amounting to over $700,000. North Dakota WIC serves approximately 13,000 moms and children each month. Currently national funding levels are between $6-7 billion with just short of 9 million participants being served each month.Ĥ North Dakota WIC Facts and What It Means For You The Food and Nutrition Service, which administers the program at the Federal level, provides these funds to WIC State agencies to pay for WIC foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and administrative costs. WIC serves low-income pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, and infants and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk.ģ What is WIC? WIC is a Federal program for which Congress authorizes specific funding each year for program operations. WIC provides nutritious foods, nutrition education (including breastfeeding promotion and support),and referrals to health and other social services to participants at no charge. Presented by: Kristi Miller ND WIC Vendor Coordinator ND Department of HealthĢ What is WIC? WIC stands for Women, Infants and Children. 1 North Dakota WIC Vendor Training for Stores
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