The current levels of the WIC benefit bump reflect 50 percent of recommended intake under the Dietary Guidelines for Americans – amounts recommended in a comprehensive 2017 review by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Appropriators adjusted the WIC fruit and vegetable benefit to $24 per month for children, $43 per month for pregnant and postpartum participants, and $47 for breastfeeding participants.

WIC’s fruit and vegetable benefit was increased from $9-11 per month to $35 per month as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, before being extended in October 2021 through the fiscal year 2022 appropriations process. The report analyzes over 10,000 responses from WIC participants across 5 State WIC Agencies. but this transformative investment in the nutrition security of young families is at risk.”Įarlier today, the National WIC Association (NWA), in partnership with researchers from the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI), released a new report that reveals an increase in child fruit and vegetable consumption among participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) after the WIC benefit was enhanced through the American Rescue Plan Act in summer 2021. National WIC Association: “The effects of the WIC benefit bump have been immediate and decisive. MaNew Report Finds WIC Benefit Bump Resulted in Increased Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among WIC-Enrolled Children

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