The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), is a federally funded program which provides American Samoa residents with nourishing supplemental foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and health and social service referrals. The participants of WIC are either pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum women, infants or children under age five who meet income guidelines and have a medical or nutritional risk.
Notices:
REVISIONS TO THE WIC FOOD PACKAGES:
The final revisions to the WIC food packages are now published! Visit the FNS WIC Food Packages page to access the final rule, answers to common questions, and other information.
The final changes align with the latest nutrition science and provide more – more variety, more choice, and more flexibility for participants, as well as more support for breastfeeding participants to meet their individual goals. As with the previous revisions to the food packages, the scientifically based changes are designed to provide under-consumed nutrients to, and improve the nutrition and health of, WIC participants while also accommodating special dietary needs and personal and cultural food preferences.
WIC State agencies have up to two years to implement most of the changes to the food packages for participants. You can find information about implementation timelines in the final rule, linked to on the FNS WIC Food Packages page.
Additional Resources:
Social media posts to share messaging about the revised WIC food packages.
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
