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88 FR 34 pgs. 10495-10497 - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 2023/2024 Income Eligibility Guidelines

Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 34Pages: 10495 - 10497
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-03548 Filed 2-17-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Food and Nutrition Service
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 10495, 10496, 10497

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 2023/2024 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 July 1, 2023.

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


[top] 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). page 10496

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 2023 was published by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at 88 FR 3424 on January 19, 2023. The guidelines published by HHS are referred to as the "poverty guidelines."

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 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, 2023, through June 30, 2024. 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, 2023. State agencies that do not coordinate implementation with the revised Medicaid guidelines must implement the WIC income eligibility guidelines on or before July 1, 2023.

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, D.C., Guam and Territories
1 $14,580 $1,215 $608 $561 $281 $26,973 $2,248 $1,124 $1,038 $519
2 19,720 1,644 822 759 380 36,482 3,041 1,521 1,404 702
3 24,860 2,072 1,036 957 479 45,991 3,833 1,917 1,769 885
4 30,000 2,500 1,250 1,154 577 55,500 4,625 2,313 2,135 1,068
5 35,140 2,929 1,465 1,352 676 65,009 5,418 2,709 2,501 1,251
6 40,280 3,357 1,679 1,550 775 74,518 6,210 3,105 2,867 1,434
7 45,420 3,785 1,893 1,747 874 84,027 7,003 3,502 3,232 1,616
8 50,560 4,214 2,107 1,945 973 93,536 7,795 3,898 3,598 1,799
Each add'l family member add +5,140 +429 +215 +198 +99 +9,509 +793 +397 +366 +183
Alaska
1 18,210 1,518 759 701 351 33,689 2,808 1,404 1,296 648
2 24,640 2,054 1,027 948 474 45,584 3,799 1,900 1,754 877
3 31,070 2,590 1,295 1,195 598 57,480 4,790 2,395 2,211 1,106
4 37,500 3,125 1,563 1,443 722 69,375 5,782 2,891 2,669 1,335
5 43,930 3,661 1,831 1,690 845 81,271 6,773 3,387 3,126 1,563
6 50,360 4,197 2,099 1,937 969 93,166 7,764 3,882 3,584 1,792
7 56,790 4,733 2,367 2,185 1,093 105,062 8,756 4,378 4,041 2,021
8 63,220 5,269 2,635 2,432 1,216 116,957 9,747 4,874 4,499 2,250
Each add'l family member add +6,430 +536 +268 +248 +124 +11,896 +992 +496 +458 +229
Hawaii
1 16,770 1,398 699 645 323 31,025 2,586 1,293 1,194 597
2 22,680 1,890 945 873 437 41,958 3,497 1,749 1,614 807
3 28,590 2,383 1,192 1,100 550 52,892 4,408 2,204 2,035 1,018
4 34,500 2,875 1,438 1,327 664 63,825 5,319 2,660 2,455 1,228
5 40,410 3,368 1,684 1,555 778 74,759 6,230 3,115 2,876 1,438
6 46,320 3,860 1,930 1,782 891 85,692 7,141 3,571 3,296 1,648
7 52,230 4,353 2,177 2,009 1,005 96,626 8,053 4,027 3,717 1,859
8 58,140 4,845 2,423 2,237 1,119 107,559 8,964 4,482 4,137 2,069
Each add'l family member add +5,910 +493 +247 +228 +114 +10,934 +912 +456 +421 +211


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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, D.C., Guam and Territories
9 $55,700 $4,642 $2,321 $2,143 $1,072 $103,045 $8,588 $4,294 $3,964 $1,982
10 60,840 5,070 2,535 2,340 1,170 112,554 9,380 4,690 4,329 2,165
11 65,980 5,499 2,750 2,538 1,269 122,063 10,172 5,086 4,695 2,348
12 71,120 5,927 2,964 2,736 1,368 131,572 10,965 5,483 5,061 2,531
13 76,260 6,355 3,178 2,934 1,467 141,081 11,757 5,879 5,427 2,714
14 81,400 6,784 3,392 3,131 1,566 150,590 12,550 6,275 5,792 2,896
15 86,540 7,212 3,606 3,329 1,665 160,099 13,342 6,671 6,158 3,079
16 91,680 7,640 3,820 3,527 1,764 169,608 14,134 7,067 6,524 3,262
Each add'l family member add +5,140 +429 +215 +198 +99 +9,509 +793 +397 +366 +183
Alaska
9 69,650 5,805 2,903 2,679 1,340 128,853 10,738 5,369 4,956 2,478
10 76,080 6,340 3,170 2,927 1,464 140,748 11,729 5,865 5,414 2,707
11 82,510 6,876 3,438 3,174 1,587 152,644 12,721 6,361 5,871 2,936
12 88,940 7,412 3,706 3,421 1,711 164,539 13,712 6,856 6,329 3,165
13 95,370 7,948 3,974 3,669 1,835 176,435 14,703 7,352 6,786 3,393
14 101,800 8,484 4,242 3,916 1,958 188,330 15,695 7,848 7,244 3,622
15 108,230 9,020 4,510 4,163 2,082 200,226 16,686 8,343 7,701 3,851
16 114,660 9,555 4,778 4,410 2,205 212,121 17,677 8,839 8,159 4,080
Each add'l family member add +6,430 +536 +268 +248 +124 +11,896 +992 +496 +458 +229
Hawaii
9 64,050 5,338 2,669 2,464 1,232 118,493 9,875 4,938 4,558 2,279
10 69,960 5,830 2,915 2,691 1,346 129,426 10,786 5,393 4,978 2,489
11 75,870 6,323 3,162 2,919 1,460 140,360 11,697 5,849 5,399 2,700
12 81,780 6,815 3,408 3,146 1,573 151,293 12,608 6,304 5,819 2,910
13 87,690 7,308 3,654 3,373 1,687 162,227 13,519 6,760 6,240 3,120
14 93,600 7,800 3,900 3,600 1,800 173,160 14,430 7,215 6,660 3,330
15 99,510 8,293 4,147 3,828 1,914 184,094 15,342 7,671 7,081 3,541
16 105,420 8,785 4,393 4,055 2,028 195,027 16,253 8,127 7,502 3,751
Each add'l family member add +5,910 +493 +247 +228 +114 +10,934 +912 +456 +421 +211

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. 2023-03548 Filed 2-17-23; 8:45 am]

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