Appendix H - FP Implementation Requirements Form 822024

Food Package Implementation
Requirements Form
Section 1
This form contains 31 questions and should take approximately 20 minutes to
complete.
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Each State agency must complete this Food Package Implementation Requirements Form indicating their
anticipated implementation dates of provisions under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages final rule. State agencies should
consider State Plan submission and Regional Office approval processes in their timeline. There are twelve
(12) sections, of which ten (10) sections you will be asked to provide an estimated date you plan to
implement the various requirements. When selecting your estimated implementation dates, please select
the 1st of a month, even if the 1st falls on a non-business day. For example: August 1, 2025. You will have
an opportunity to update or confirm any dates entered as you solidify your plans. If the State agency has
already implemented a provision, they may enter a past date to validate the requirement has been met
and is considered complete. At the end of the form, you will have the opportunity to provide any
additional information necessary for your Food Package Rule provisions implementation. If your
comment is related to a specific question, please note which question in this section.
For additional information regarding required provisions, State agencies should refer to the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food
Packages final rule, and for information on implementation refer to WIC Policy Memorandum #20245, Implementing the Provisions of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages Final Rule, posted to the FNS Public Website and the
Policy and Guidance Library on FNS the PartnerWeb Website when completing this form.

Section 2

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Implementation Deadline for Revision in the WIC Food Packages
Final Rule Requirements
Cash-Value Voucher/Benefit (CVV/B): Implement the provision in 7 CFR 246.10(e)(10) and (11), Tables
2 and 3) that increase CVV/B for children to $24, for pregnant and postpartum participants to $43, and
partially and fully breastfeeding participants to $47. This provision must be included in the State
agency's policy and procedures and approved for implementation as of June 17, 2024, which was
60 days following the release of the final rule.
By October 1, 2024, State agencies must update their policies and MIS to the FY 2025 inflation-adjusted
CVV/B amounts, which are $26, for children, $47 for pregnant and postpartum participants, and $52 for
partially and fully breastfeeding participants. See WIC Policy Memorandum #2024-7, Fiscal Year 2025
Cash-Value Voucher/Benefit Amounts, posted to the FNS Public Website and the Policy and Guidance
Library on FNS the PartnerWeb Website for additional details.
Vitamin D: Implement the provision in Table 4 at 7 CFR 246.10(e)(12) that establishes a minimum vitamin
D requirement of 106 IU Vitamin D per 8 ounces of yogurt. For State agencies that authorize yogurt as a
milk substitution option, this provision must be implemented by April 19, 2027, which is 36 months
following the release of the final rule.
All other provisions in the Revisions in the WIC Food Packages final rule must be implemented
by April 20, 2026, which is 24 months following the publication of the final rule.
If the State agency has already implemented a certain provision or food list option, enter the date
the implementation was completed, otherwise enter a future estimated date as you complete this
form.

Section 3
State Agency Contact Information
1.Select your State agency. Single choice.
Select your answer

Acoma, Canoncito & Laguna (ACL)
Alabama
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
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California
Cherokee Nation
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Chickasaw Nation
Choctaw Nation
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Colorado
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Eastern Shoshone Tribe
Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council
Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Inter-Tribal Council Inc. of Oklahoma
Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona
Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
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Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
MHA Three Affiliated Tribes
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
MS Band of Choctaw Indians
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Navajo Nation
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Northern Arapaho Tribe
Northern Mariana Islands
Ohio
Oklahoma
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Oregon
Osage Nation
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Otoe-Missouria Tribe
Pennsylvania
Pueblo of Isleta
Pueblo of San Felipe
Pueblo of Zuni
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Santee Sioux Tribe
Santo Domingo Tribe
South Carolina
South Dakota
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Ute Mountain Tribe
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wichita, Caddo & Delaware Tribes (WCD Enterprise, Inc.)
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Wisconsin
Wyoming
2.Please enter your first and last name. Single line text.
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Enter your answer

3.Please enter your work email address. Single line text.
Enter your answer

4.Are you updating your previously submitted implementation date(s)? Single
choice.
Yes
No

Section 4
Food Package - Specific Requirements
This section provides a high-level summary of required changes in each food package, as well as some
requirements related to State agency options.

5.When does the State agency plan to implement the Food Package I
requirement? Date.
FP I - infants birth to 5 months of age
Requirement: Increase the full nutrition benefit (FNB) amounts in the 1st month for partially (mostly)
breastfed infants up to 364 fl. oz.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

6.When does the State agency plan to implement Food Package II
requirements? Date.
FP II - infants 6 through 11 months of age
Requirements:
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Reduce infant cereal to:
o 8 oz for formula fed and partially breastfed infants
o 16 oz for fully breastfed infants
Reduce infant fruits and vegetables to 128 oz for fully breastfed infants
If the State agency allows CVV/B substitution for the jarred fruits and vegetables;
o Lower the age of substitution to 6 months;
o Allow at least one form in addition to fresh (canned and/or frozen); and,
o Allow for half (64 oz) or whole substitution value (128 oz) at the current FY
amounts
o Ensure the cash-value voucher/benefit (CVV/B) matches the current FY
amounts
Reduce infant meat to 40 oz for fully breastfed infants

Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

7.When does the State agency plan to implement Food Package IV-A
requirements? Date.
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FP IV-A - children 12 through 23 months
Requirements:
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Ensure the cash-value voucher/benefit (CVV/B) matches the current FY amounts
Reduce the maximum monthly allowance (MMA) for juice to 64 fl oz
Allow a $3 CVV/B substitution for the full juice amount
Reduce the MMA for whole wheat and whole grain bread and other whole grain
options to 24 oz
Authorize legumes and peanut butter as substitutes for eggs
Add 6 oz canned fish
Reduce the MMA for milk to 12 qt
If the State agency allows yogurt as a substitution, issues low fat and whole fat as
standard issuance

Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

8.When does the State agency plan to implement Food Package IV-B
requirements? Date.
FP IV-B - children 2 through 4 years of age
Requirements:
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Ensure the cash-value voucher/benefit (CVV/B) matches the current FY amounts
Reduce the maximum monthly allowance (MMA) for juice to 64 fl oz
Allow a $3 CVV/B substitution for the full juice amount
Reduce the MMA for whole wheat and whole grain bread and other whole grain
options to 24 oz
Authorize legumes and peanut butter as substitutes for eggs
Add 6 oz canned fish
Reduce the MMA for milk to 14 qt

Please input date (M/d/yyyy)

9.When does the State agency plan to implement Food Package VA requirements? Date.
FP V-A - Pregnant
Requirements:
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Ensure the cash-value voucher/benefit (CVV/B) matches the current FY amounts
Reduce the MMA for juice to 64 fl oz
Allow a $3 CVV/B substitution for the full juice amount
Increase the MMA for whole wheat and whole grain bread and other whole grain
options to 48 oz
Authorize legumes and peanut butter as substitutes for eggs
Add 10 oz of canned fish
Reduce the MMA for milk to 16 qt

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Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

10.When does the State agency plan to implement Food Package VB requirements? Date.
FP V-B - Partially (Mostly) Breastfeeding (also for participants pregnant with two or more fetuses)
Requirements:

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Ensure the cash-value voucher/benefit (CVV/B) matches the current FY amounts
Reduce the MMA for juice to 64 fl oz
Allow a $3 CVV/B substitution for the full juice amount
Increase the MMA for whole wheat and whole grain bread and other whole grain
options to 48 oz
Authorize legumes and peanut butter as substitutes for eggs
Add 15 oz of canned fish
Reduce the MMA for milk to 16 qt

Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

11.When does the State agency plan to implement Food Package VI
requirements? Date.
FP VI - Postpartum
Requirements:
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•
•
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Ensure the cash-value voucher/benefit (CVV/B) matches the current FY amounts
Reduce the MMA for juice to 64 fl oz
Allow a $3 CVV/B substitution for the full juice amount
Increase the MMA for whole wheat and whole grain bread and other whole grain
options to 48 oz
Authorize legumes and peanut butter as substitutes for eggs
Add 10 oz of canned fish
Reduce the MMA for milk to 16 qt

Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

12.When does the State agency plan to implement Food Package
VII requirements? Date.
FP VII - Fully breastfeeding, also for those who are partially (mostly) breastfeeding multiple infants
from the same pregnancy, and pregnant and fully or partially (mostly) breastfeeding singleton infants
Requirements:
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Ensure the cash-value voucher/benefit (CVV/B) matches the current FY amounts
Reduce the MMA for juice to 64 fl oz
Allow a $3 CVV/B substitution for the full juice amount

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•
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Increase the MMA for whole wheat and whole grain bread and other whole grain
options to 48 oz
Authorize legumes and peanut butter as substitutes for eggs
Reduce MMA for canned fish to 20 oz
Reduce the MMA for milk to 16 qt
Remove cheese as a separate food category

Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Section 5
Fruits and Vegetables
Food List Change Requirements
The required changes from the 2024 final rule to this food list category are not specific to a particular
food package.

13.Select the form(s) of fruits and vegetables the State agency plans to
implement in addition to fresh. Multiple choice.
Canned
Frozen
Dried

14.When does the State agency plan to implement the requirement to authorize
at least one other form of fruits and vegetables in addition to fresh? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

15.When does the State agency plan to implement the requirement to authorize
fresh herbs? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

16.When does the State agency plan to implement the vendor stocking
requirement of at least 3 varieties of vegetables? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Section 6
Breakfast Cereal
17.When does the State agency plan to implement the changes to their criteria
for whole grains in breakfast cereal? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

18.When does the State agency plan to implement the change to the 75 percent
or higher requirement for whole grain cereals? Date.
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Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

19.What percentage of breakfast cereals does the State agency plan to authorize
that meet the whole grain criteria? Single choice.
If not applicable, skip to next question.
75-80 percent
81-95 percent
95-100 percent

20.When does the State agency plan to implement the added sugars limit for
breakfast cereal? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Section 7
Whole Wheat and Whole Grain Bread
21.When does the State agency plan to implement the changes to their criteria
for whole grain bread? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Section 8
Legumes and Peanut Butter
22.When does the State agency plan to authorize canned legumes in addition to
dried? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

23.If applicable, when does the State agency plan to implement seed and/or nutbased butters? Date.
Skip if not applicable.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Section 9
Milk
24.When does the State agency plan to implement the authorization of lactosefree milk? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

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25.When does the State agency plan to implement authorizing only unflavored
milk? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

26.When does the State agency plan to implement the policy change to remove
the limitation that no more than a total of 4 qts of milk (for participants in FP IVVI) or 6 qts of milk (for participants in FP VII) may be substituted for a
combination of cheese, yogurt, and tofu? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

27.If yogurt is authorized, when does the State agency plan to implement the
added sugars limit? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

28.If yogurt is authorized, when does the State agency plan to implement the
vitamin D nutrient specification? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Section 10
Canned Fish
29.When does the State agency plan to remove Jack Mackerel as an authorized
canned fish variety? Date.
Please input date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Section 11
Additional Comments
Please use this section to add any additional information necessary for Food Package Rule
implementation.

30.Please add any additional information in the box below. Multi Line Text.
Enter your answer

Section 12
State Agency Updated Implementation Date(s)
31.Which implementation date(s) are you updating? Single choice.
Please select the section of the implementation date you are updating. You will need to use
the back button to return to this page to continuing updating additional dates.
Food Package

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Fruits and vegetables
Breakfast Cereal
Whole Grain Bread
Legumes and Peanut Butter
Milk
Canned Fish
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