Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
federal assistance program
|
| gptkbp:administeredBy |
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Agriculture
|
| gptkbp:approvedBy |
gptkb:Child_Nutrition_Act_of_1966
|
| gptkbp:benefit |
infant formula
breastfeeding support supplemental foods |
| gptkbp:eligibility |
income below 185% of federal poverty level
nutritional risk |
| gptkbp:establishedIn |
1972
|
| gptkbp:fundedBy |
gptkb:government
|
| gptkbp:goal |
improve health of women, infants, and children
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program
|
| gptkbp:operatesIn |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:participants |
over 6 million (as of 2022)
|
| 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:stateAdministered |
yes
|
| gptkbp:website |
https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Agriculture_program
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
|