WIC

WIC — the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – is a program that ensures supplemental food, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income mothers and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.

The program is funded by the federal government and private sources (Nestle Infant Formula Rebates) and is operated through the Oklahoma State Department of Health and multiple tribal governments. A monthly average of 100,403 women, infants and children participated in state and tribal WIC programs in Oklahoma in FFY 2025, according to preliminary federal data, which represents a modest increase (+3,254 participants) compared to FFY 2023. The average monthly benefit per participant in Oklahoma was $56.17 in FFY 2025, an amount that has more than doubled compared to FFY 2021. Total program expenditures on Oklahoma’s state and tribal programs were $67.7M in FFY 2025.