Definition: Number of families redeeming Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food vouchers in the month of January (e.g., in January 2020, 513,479 California families redeemed WIC food vouchers).
Data Source: California Dept. of Public Health, California Women, Infants and Children Program Redemption by County (May 2021).
Footnote: WIC is a federally-funded program providing nutrition education, healthy food vouchers, breastfeeding support, and healthcare referrals to perinatal women and children ages 0-5. Families redeeming food vouchers for more than one type of WIC participant (e.g., an infant and a breastfeeding mother) are counted only once. Families redeeming vouchers in more than one county are counted in each of the counties where vouchers are redeemed, but only once in California totals. N/A means the county had no WIC vendors.
