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On June 14, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an Agriculture Appropriations bill, setting fiscal year (FY) 2012 funding for a variety of nutrition programs, including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Although the allocated funds are higher than originally proposed, the FY 2012 funding is $733 million less than FY 2011 levels, and far less than what is needed to serve all who are eligible.1 According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, this cut would force WIC administrators to turn away 300,000 to 450,000 eligible women, infants, and children next year.2 The Senate has not yet developed its Agricultural Appropriations Bill. WIC is a nutrition program that serves pregnant or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 (who meet certain criteria) by providing them with nutrition education and checks or vouchers for food purchases. 3 Foods eligible for WIC are high in certain nutrients and are designed to meet the special nutritional needs of low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum women, as well as infants and children who are at risk for poor nutrition.4 Preliminary estimates from the Food and Nutrition Service show that WIC has served an average of 8.9 million participants (women, infants, and children) each month in FY 2011 (data available from October 2010 to March 2011).5 More than threequarters (77 percent) of these participants are infants and children, with women making up the remaining 23 percent.6 This brief uses data from the 2007 and 2010 Current Population Survey’s (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC)7 to describe the distribution of WIC receipt across the population and to detail place-based differences in receipt. The results will help policymakers and service providers to better understand the population likely affected by cuts to WIC funding. Key Findings

Rural and central city residents with multiple children likely to be hardest hit by proposed WIC cuts