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89 FR 30 pgs. 10022-10024 - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 2024/2025 Income Eligibility Guidelines

Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 30Pages: 10022 - 10024
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-02922 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Food and Nutrition Service
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 10022, 10023, 10024

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 2024/2025 Income Eligibility Guidelines

AGENCY:

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ("Department") announces adjusted income eligibility guidelines to be used by State agencies in determining the income eligibility of persons applying to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). These income eligibility guidelines are to be used in conjunction with the WIC Regulations.

DATES:

Applicable date July 1, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Allison Post, Chief, WIC Administration, Benefits, and Certification Branch, Policy Division, FNS, USDA, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 703-457-7708.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Executive Order 12866

This notice is exempt from review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

This action is not a rule as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612) and thus is exempt from the provisions of this Act.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

This notice does not contain reporting or recordkeeping requirements subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507).

Executive Order 12372

This program is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs under No. 10.557 and is subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local officials (7 CFR part 3015, subpart V, 48 FR 29100, June 24, 1983, and 49 FR 22675, May 31, 1984).

Description

Section 17(d)(2)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)), requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish income criteria to be used with nutritional risk criteria in determining a person's eligibility for participation in the WIC Program. The law provides that persons will be income-eligible for the WIC Program if they are members of families that satisfy the income standard prescribed for reduced-price school meals under section 9(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)). Under section 9(b), the income limit for reduced-price school meals is 185 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines, as adjusted.

Section 9(b) also requires that these guidelines be revised annually to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. The annual revision for 2024 was published by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at 89 FR 2961 on January 17, 2024. The guidelines published by HHS are referred to as the "poverty guidelines."


[top] Program Regulations at 7 CFR 246.7(d)(1) specify that State agencies may prescribe income guidelines either equaling the income guidelines established under Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act for reduced-price school meals, or identical to State or local guidelines for free or reduced-price health care. However, in conforming WIC income guidelines to State or local page 10023 health care guidelines, the State cannot establish WIC guidelines which exceed the guidelines for reduced-price school meals, or which are less than 100 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines. Consistent with the method used to compute income eligibility guidelines for reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program, the poverty guidelines were multiplied by 1.85 and the results rounded upward to the next whole dollar.

Currently, the Department is publishing the maximum and minimum WIC income eligibility guidelines by household size for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Consistent with section 17(f)(17) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(17)), a State agency may implement the revised WIC income eligibility guidelines concurrently with the implementation of income eligibility guidelines under the Medicaid Program established under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396, et seq. ). State agencies may coordinate implementation with the revised Medicaid guidelines, i.e., earlier in the year, but in no case may implementation take place later than July 1, 2024. State agencies that do not coordinate implementation with the revised Medicaid guidelines must implement the WIC income eligibility guidelines on or before July 1, 2024.

Household size Federal poverty guidelines-100% Annual Monthly Twice-monthly Bi-weekly Weekly Reduced price meals-185% Annual Monthly Twice-monthly Bi-weekly Weekly
48 Contiguous States, DC, Guam and Territories
1 $15,060 $1,255 $628 $580 $290 $27,861 $2,322 $1,161 $1,072 $536
2 20,440 1,704 852 787 394 37,814 3,152 1,576 1,455 728
3 25,820 2,152 1,076 994 497 47,767 3,981 1,991 1,838 919
4 31,200 2,600 1,300 1,200 600 57,720 4,810 2,405 2,220 1,110
5 36,580 3,049 1,525 1,407 704 67,673 5,640 2,820 2,603 1,302
6 41,960 3,497 1,749 1,614 807 77,626 6,469 3,235 2,986 1,493
7 47,340 3,945 1,973 1,821 911 87,579 7,299 3,650 3,369 1,685
8 52,720 4,394 2,197 2,028 1014 97,532 8,128 4,064 3,752 1,876
Each add'l family member add + 5,380 + 449 + 225 + 207 + 104 + 9,953 + 830 + 415 + 383 + 192
Alaska
1 18,810 1,568 784 724 362 34,799 2,900 1,450 1,339 670
2 25,540 2,129 1,065 983 492 47,249 3,938 1,969 1,818 909
3 32,270 2,690 1,345 1,242 621 59,700 4,975 2,488 2,297 1,149
4 39,000 3,250 1,625 1,500 750 72,150 6,013 3,007 2,775 1,388
5 45,730 3,811 1,906 1,759 880 84,601 7,051 3,526 3,254 1,627
6 52,460 4,372 2,186 2,018 1,009 97,051 8,088 4,044 3,733 1,867
7 59,190 4,933 2,467 2,277 1,139 109,502 9,126 4,563 4,212 2,106
8 65,920 5,494 2,747 2,536 1,268 121,952 10,163 5,082 4,691 2,346
Each add'l family member add + 6,730 + 561 + 281 + 259 + 130 + 12,451 + 1,038 + 519 + 479 + 240
Hawaii
1 17,310 1,443 722 666 333 32,024 2,669 1,335 1,232 616
2 23,500 1,959 980 904 452 43,475 3,623 1,812 1,673 837
3 29,690 2,475 1,238 1,142 571 54,927 4,578 2,289 2,113 1,057
4 35,880 2,990 1,495 1,380 690 66,378 5,532 2,766 2,553 1,277
5 42,070 3,506 1,753 1,619 810 77,830 6,486 3,243 2,994 1,497
6 48,260 4,022 2,011 1,857 929 89,281 7,441 3,721 3,434 1,717
7 54,450 4,538 2,269 2,095 1,048 100,733 8,395 4,198 3,875 1,938
8 60,640 5,054 2,527 2,333 1,167 112,184 9,349 4,675 4,315 2,158
Each add'l family member add + 6,190 + 516 + 258 + 239 + 120 + 11,452 + 955 + 478 + 441 + 221

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Household size Federal poverty guidelines-100% Annual Monthly Twice-monthly Bi-weekly Weekly Reduced price meals-185% Annual Monthly Twice-monthly Bi-weekly Weekly
48 Contiguous States, DC, Guam and Territories
9 $58,100 $4,842 $2,421 $2,235 $1,118 $107,485 $8,958 $4,479 $4,135 $2,068
10 63,480 5,290 2,645 2,442 1,221 117,438 9,787 4,894 4,517 2,259
11 68,860 5,739 2,870 2,649 1,325 127,391 10,616 5,308 4,900 2,450
12 74,240 6,187 3,094 2,856 1,428 137,344 11,446 5,723 5,283 2,642
13 79,620 6,635 3,318 3,063 1,532 147,297 12,275 6,138 5,666 2,833
14 85,000 7,084 3,542 3,270 1,635 157,250 13,105 6,553 6,049 3,025
15 90,380 7,532 3,766 3,477 1,739 167,203 13,934 6,967 6,431 3,216
16 95,760 7,980 3,990 3,684 1,842 177,156 14,763 7,382 6,814 3,407
Each add'l family member add + 5,380 + 449 + 225 + 207 + 104 + 9,953 + 830 + 415 + 383 + 192
Alaska
9 72,650 6,055 3,028 2,795 1,398 134,403 11,201 5,601 5,170 2,585
10 79,380 6,615 3,308 3,054 1,527 146,853 12,238 6,119 5,649 2,825
11 86,110 7,176 3,588 3,312 1,656 159,304 13,276 6,638 6,128 3,064
12 92,840 7,737 3,869 3,571 1,786 171,754 14,313 7,157 6,606 3,303
13 99,570 8,298 4,149 3,830 1,915 184,205 15,351 7,676 7,085 3,543
14 106,300 8,859 4,430 4,089 2,045 196,655 16,388 8,194 7,564 3,782
15 113,030 9,420 4,710 4,348 2,174 209,106 17,426 8,713 8,043 4,022
16 119,760 9,980 4,990 4,607 2,304 221,556 18,463 9,232 8,522 4,261
Each add'l family member add + 6,730 + 561 + 281 + 259 + 130 + 12,451 + 1,038 + 519 + 479 + 240
Hawaii
9 66,830 5,570 2,785 2,571 1,286 123,636 10,303 5,152 4,756 2,378
10 73,020 6,085 3,043 2,809 1,405 135,087 11,258 5,629 5,196 2,598
11 79,210 6,601 3,301 3,047 1,524 146,539 12,212 6,106 5,637 2,819
12 85,400 7,117 3,559 3,285 1,643 157,990 13,166 6,583 6,077 3,039
13 91,590 7,633 3,817 3,523 1,762 169,442 14,121 7,061 6,517 3,259
14 97,780 8,149 4,075 3,761 1,881 180,893 15,075 7,538 6,958 3,479
15 103,970 8,665 4,333 3,999 2,000 192,345 16,029 8,015 7,398 3,699
16 110,160 9,180 4,590 4,237 2,119 203,796 16,983 8,492 7,839 3,920
Each add'l family member add + 6,190 + 516 + 258 + 239 + 120 + 11,452 + 955 + 478 + 441 + 221


The table of this Notice contains the income limits by household size for the 48 contiguous States, the District of Columbia, and all United States Territories, including Guam. Separate tables for Alaska and Hawaii have been included for the convenience of the State agencies because the poverty guidelines for Alaska and Hawaii are higher than for the 48 contiguous States.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1786.

Cynthia Long,

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.

[FR Doc. 2024-02922 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]

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