$8,200,000,000 for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
What the document says“For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $8,200,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027, of which $150,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated as the Secretary deemed necessary”
The program is usually called WIC. Of the total, not less than $90,000,000 is for breastfeeding peer counselors and $14,000,000 for infrastructure, and the Secretary is directed to hold the cash-value voucher for women and children at the amount recommended by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, adjusted for inflation.
What the document actually says“For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $8,200,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027, of which $150,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated as the Secretary deemed necessary”
This money runs the food program for mothers and young children. Some of it is held in reserve.
WIC helps pregnant women, babies and small children get food. The reserve is there if more families sign up than planned.
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