WIC FACTS* WIC is not an entitlement program. Congress determines the amount of grant funding for operations each year.* The Food and Nutrition Service provides funding to state health agencies.* WIC is available in all 50 states, 34 Indian tribal organizations, and other territories.* Ninety state agencies administer the WIC program through 2,200 local agencies and 9,000 clinic sites.* WIC served 9.3 million people (mostly children) in 2009.* For more information, go to http://www.fns.usda.gov/wicSource: USDA
ATHENS, Tenn. — The health departments of McMinn and Bradley counties will launch federally funded renovation projects this spring.
Last October, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children awarded the McMinn and Bradley agencies $300,000 and $57,000, respectively.
“We are very grateful for the funding provided to our Women, Infants and Children programs,” said Beth Delaney, spokeswoman for the Southeast Tennessee Regional Health Office, which oversees county health programs in the region.
The money is designated for the improvement of WIC client services, which provide free food and nutrition education for qualifying at-risk mothers and children up to five years of age.