The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) works for mothers, infants, children, and families.
WIC Improves Health
The WIC Program – Fact Sheet
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), a federal nutrition program, is widely recognized as an important safeguard for protecting and improving the health and nutrition of pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding individuals, infants, and children up to 5 years of age from households with low incomes. Learn the basics in FRAC’s WIC fact sheet.
Protecting and improving the health of pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and young children is critically important.
Nearly 40 percent of all infants born in the U.S. benefit from WIC.
WIC is a Critical Economic, Nutrition, and Health Support for Children and Families
Decades of research have demonstrated the effectiveness of WIC in reducing food insecurity, and improving health, nutrition, development, and well-being. Dive into the data in FRAC’s research brief.
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Expanding WIC’s Reach
Making WIC Work Better
Far too many pregnant women, new mothers, and their young children in the U.S. are missing out on the healthy nutrition they need. Making WIC Work Better: Strategies to Reach More Women and Children and Strengthen Benefits Use highlights proven and innovative strategies to effectively reach and serve more of those who are eligible for WIC.
Connecting Patients to SNAP and WIC in Health Care Settings
Efforts by health care providers to address food insecurity continue to grow. Read this research brief to find key steps that health care providers can take to connect patients to federal nutrition programs, including WIC.
WIC Guide for Health Care Providers
Health care providers: You can partner with WIC to improve your patients’ access to the program. Learn more in FRAC’s two-pager.
Take Action: Urge Your Members of Congress to Improve WIC
Urge Your House Member to Cosponsor the MODERN WIC Act
Ask your Representative to join the growing list of cosponsors for the More Options to Develop and Enhance Remote Nutrition (MODERN) WIC Act (H.R. 1464). This bipartisan bill creates permanent options for remote enrollment, services, and benefits issuance for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Without Congressional action, these essential modernizations, which reduce barriers to WIC, will expire in September 2026.