Nutrition - WIC United States
WIC: Women Infant and Children
| Fiscal Year | Program Participation | Food Costs | NSA* Costs | Average Food Cost | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Infants | Children | Total | ||||
| FY 2017 | 1,737,991 | 1,787,331 | 3,760,839 | 7,286,161 | 3,605,297,436 | 1,963,870,871 | 41.23 |
| FY 2016 | 1,838,293 | 1,875,706 | 3,982,440 | 7,696,439 | 3,949,568,002 | 1,946,114,265 | 42.76 |
| FY 2015 | 1,923,171 | 1,939,741 | 4,160,831 | 8,023,742 | 4,175,956,749 | 1,921,956,976 | 43.37 |
| FY 2014 | 1,972,833 | 1,964,389 | 4,321,191 | 8,258,413 | 4,324,373,607 | 1,903,445,501 | 43.64 |
NSA - Nutrition Service and Administrative costs. Approximately two-thirds of total costs are used to provide nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and linkages to health and other client services (e.g., immunization; drug, alcohol and tobacco education; referrals to family and child health social programs). The remining third is used for traditional management functions.
The annual average food cost is the benefit per month.
Source: United States Department of Agriculture. WIC Program - Monthly Data - National Level.
