A WIC contract, which gives a formula maker the right to supply all baby formula for a state's WIC program, can create "lucrative spillover effects" for companies, the FTC said in online documents.

Congress passed the Access to Baby Formula Act, a bipartisan bill allowing low-income families to use WIC benefits to purchase a wider variety of baby formula. The goal: make it easier for ...

Debit cards deduct the cash value of a purchase from a bank account; WIC cards actually keep track of the number of items a person purchases. A card might allow someone to buy three cans of baby ...

Presidents and Congresses of both parties have adhered to a commitment to provide enough funding for the WIC program — the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for ...

That baby is 8 today, and Jurado, now 26, has three more children, 4, 2, and an infant, also on WIC. They are part of the more than 6 million people in the program across the United States.

WIC is a supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children up to the age of 5. WIC provides a wide variety of fresh produce and foods that are high in iron, protein, and other ...

They could also change the rules of the WIC program to allow for greater competition by doing away with sole-source contracts. Indeed, when the baby formula shortage hit last year, the USDA ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Women, Infants and Children (WIC) officials are alerting participants of its transition from Gerber to Similac brand infant formulas beginning in October.

to mothers raising a baby for the first time. The program is called Texas WIC, it is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children. It has been around for 50 years ...

"We can't use WIC benefits online," Hankins said. "Everything that's been bought this month for him, it's been bought out of pocket." About half the baby formula purchased in the United States is ...