TARGET POPULATION:
Low income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at risk for nutrition related health problem.

PURPOSE:
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a food and nutrition program that serves as an adjunct to good health care intended to prevent the occurrence of health problems and improve the health status of participants during critical times of growth and development. Its purpose is to provide nutrition education and food assistance to those categories of people who have been found to be the most vulnerable to the effects of malnutrition and to achieve optimal nutritional status for children prior to entry into school.

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
· Age/Maternal Status
· Income
· Residence
· Nutritional Risk

PROGRAM BENEFITS:
· Nutrition Education.
· Access to Public Health Care System, i.e, Prenatal Care, Child Health, Family Planning, Immunizations.
· Supplemental Foods.

FUNDING

FY 2006

FY 2007

DIFFERENCE

Federal/Grant

$482,006,392

$473,146,870

($8,859,522)

Reallocation

$2,000,000

$22,611,282

$20,611,282

Contingency Funds

Transfer Funds

97% Food Grant Adjustment

($1,086,345)

Farmers' Market

$1,397,010

$1,143,316

($253,694)

Operational Adjustment (Discretionary)

$14,439,962

$15,820,146

$1,380,184

Spend Forward

$17,657,520

$12,635,652

($5,021,868)

* State Grant

$432,995

$83,299

($349,696)

Rebates

$228,464,261

$234,000,000

$5,535,739

TOTAL

$746,398,140

$758,354,220

$11,956,080

* Required 30% state match for Farmer's Market.

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REBATE INITIATIVES
The Texas Department of State Health Services was among the leaders in pioneering the competitive procurement of infant formula and cereal products which to date have generated $2.665 BILLION in revenue that is used to provide supplemental foods for women, infants, and children in Texas. Other states quickly followed suit and the United States Department of Agriculture amended its rules to require this method of procurement.

SUMMARY OF REBATES RECEIVED

Fiscal Year	Infant Formula	Infant Cereal	Total
FY 1988	$10,920,323	N/A	$10,920,323
FY 1989	32,073,346	N/A	32,073,346
FY 1990	41,402,030	N/A	41,402,030
FY 1991	53,798,228	$400,611	54,198,839
FY 1992	67,938,219	805,488	68,743,707
FY 1993	83,657,282	N/A	83,657,282
FY 1994	96,481,226	545,097	97,026,323
FY 1995	105,417,237	606,402	106,023,639
FY 1996	122,175,404	733,483	122,908,887
FY 1997	138,289,509	1,706,697	139,996,206
FY 1998	145,162,958	2,039,840	147,202,798
FY 1999	158,616,373	2,221,320	160,837,693
FY 2000	169,879,030	2,375,403	172,254,433
FY 2001	175,313,212	2,543,407	177,856,620
FY 2002	177,856,131	2,718,613	180,574,744
FY 2003	192,115,417	2,916,941	195,032,358
FY 2004	211,323,086	2,994,780	214,317,866
FY 2005	215,658,829	3,037,341	218,696,170
FY 2006	225,673,250	2,791,011	228,464,261
FY 2007	210,151,316	2,457,705	212,609,021
TOTAL	$2,633,902,406	$30,894,140	$2,664,796,546

N/A = Not available.

WIC Program Growth

FFY 2006 Potential Eligible		1,157,656
August 2007 Participants		923,846
Percentage Served in August 2007		80%

August 2007– WIC Participation by Category
Pregnant women	102,348
Breastfeeding women	66,519
Postpartum women	61,661
Infants	233,759
Children	459,559

Total

923,846

Last Updated October 5, 2007

Financial

Participation

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program

October 5 , 2007

REBATE INITIATIVES

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
STATE HEALTH SERVICES