Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
federal assistance program
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gptkbp:administeredBy |
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Agriculture
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gptkbp:approvedBy |
gptkb:Child_Nutrition_Act_of_1966
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gptkbp:benefit |
infant formula
breastfeeding support immunization screening supplemental foods |
gptkbp:eligibility |
income below 185% of federal poverty level
nutritional risk |
gptkbp:establishedIn |
1974
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gptkbp:fundedBy |
gptkb:government
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gptkbp:goal |
improve health of women, infants, and children
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
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gptkbp:operatesIn |
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:participants |
over 6 million (as of 2023)
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gptkbp:provides |
nutrition assistance
nutrition education healthcare referrals |
gptkbp:serves |
infants
breastfeeding women children up to age 5 low-income pregnant women postpartum women |
gptkbp:website |
https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:US_Department_of_Agriculture
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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