COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has launched a new online tool to make it easier for families to pre-apply for the South Carolina Women, ...

State and local officials say as long as the federal shutdown ends soon, the WIC voucher program won’t be affected. The $8 billion program, officially labeled as Special Supplemental Nutrition for ...

The latest federal data shows that only about 56 percent of eligible people were participating in WIC in 2023.

Because Wednesday marked the start of the 2026 fiscal year, the WIC program — which provides free, healthy food to low-income pregnant women, new moms and children under 5 — was due for an influx of ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that supports millions of low-income mothers and their young children received a $300 million infusion from the Trump administration this week, alleviating some ...

Because Wednesday marked the start of the 2026 fiscal year, the WIC program — which provides free, healthy food to low-income pregnant women, new moms and children under 5 — was due for an influx of ...

An injection of $450 million for WIC comes as the Trump administration announced it would only fund partial benefits for another food aid program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...

New York pregnant women, mothers and young children enrolled in a federal program that provides food, infant formula and other benefits can continue to receive that assistance for now, but that ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is infusing $300 million into the federal nutrition program, WIC, to keep it running through October, while a government shutdown continues without an ...