Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Special_Supplemental_Nutrition_Program_for_Women,_Infants,_and_Children
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:federal_assistance_program
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| gptkbp:abbreviation |
gptkb:WIC
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| gptkbp:administeredBy |
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Agriculture
|
| gptkbp:approvedBy |
gptkb:Child_Nutrition_Act_of_1966
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| gptkbp:eligibility |
low-income women, infants, and children at nutritional risk
|
| gptkbp:established |
1972
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| gptkbp:fundedBy |
gptkb:federal_government_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:operatesIn |
gptkb:U.S._territories
gptkb:United_States |
| gptkbp:participants |
over 6 million (as of 2022)
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| gptkbp:provides |
nutrition education
breastfeeding support nutritious foods referrals to health care |
| gptkbp:purpose |
provide nutrition assistance to low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5
|
| gptkbp:website |
https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Food_and_Nutrition_Service
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
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