This document discusses two federal nutrition programs: WIC and SNAP. It provides details on who qualifies for WIC (pregnant/postpartum women and children under 5) and benefits (supplemental foods, breastfeeding promotion, healthcare referrals). Data shows in 2012, 495,405 people in Florida participated in WIC. For SNAP, it provides economic and nutrition assistance to low-income individuals/families via an EBT card. In Florida in 2013, over 3.3 million people participated monthly in SNAP, receiving on average $255 per household. The document examines outreach efforts like visuals used by stores and media to communicate information on these programs.

2. GROUP 1
 Patience Hall: Grocery Store Products and
Availability
 Gabrielle Stern: Organic vs. Conventional Produce
 Chelsie Pauletti: Social Trends in Organic Foods
and Diets in Our Culture/Society
 Darnell Tucker: Fast Food
 Maryann Sanchez: Federal Nutrition Programs:
WIC & SNAP
 Allen Craig: Media Influence on Public Perception
of Health and Federal Government Efforts Against
Child Obesity

3. Federal Nutrition Programs:
Women, Infants, and Children
&
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program
By
Maryann Sanchez

4. Women, Infants, and Children/WIC
WIC is a Federal grant program which targets population who are lowincome and nutritionally at risk.
 Who benefits?
 Pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and nonbreastfeeding
postpartum women, and children up to their 5th birthday
 Facts:
 WIC serves 53% of all infants born in the United States.
 Assists:
 Promotes breastfeeding
 Provides supplemental foods
 Healthcare referrals
 Nutrition education

5. Florida Annual State Level Data: 2012
(Data as of October 17, 2013)
 WIC PROGRAM: TOTAL PARTICIPATION
495,405
 WIC PROGRAM: FOOD COST
$265,204,461
 WIC PROGRAM: NUTRITION SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS
$95,588,648
 WIC PROGRAM: AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT PER PERSON
$44.61

6. Visual used by Florida Department of health
in Broward County

7. Visuals & Demographics
• Visuals are used by grocery store
owners to communicate with WIC
assisted members of South Florida
communities.
• These signs can be found in stores
such as Walmart Supercenters,
Publix, Sedano’s Supermarket, and
Winn-Dixie throughout South
Florida according to a list of vendors
provided by the Florida Department
of Health. However, these sings are
less conspicuous in low-income
areas, for example, parts of
Hollywood (east), parts of Miami,
Hallandale, etc.

8. The use of visual by the Florida Health
Department to provide instruction on how to read
and understand a WIC check

9. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP) in Florida
 SNAP (formerly the Food Stamp Program) puts healthy food
within reach for 3.6 million Floridians each month via an
Electronic Benefit Transfer/EBT card used to purchase food at
most grocery stores.
 SNAP offers nutrition assistance to eligible, low-income
individuals and families and provides economic benefits to
communities.
 SNAP is the largest program in the fight against domestic
hunger in the United States.
The logo for
SNAP

10. Florida SNAP Annual State Level Data
(Data as of October 17, 2013)
 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS:
$5,592,221,094
 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: AVERAGE
MONTHLY PARTICIPATION:
3,353,064
 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: AVERAGE
MONTHLY BENEFIT PER HOUSEHOLD:
$255.24
 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: AVERAGE
MONTHLY BENEFIT PER PERSON:
$138.98

11. Foods You Can Buy
With Food Assistance Benefits/SNAP
 Breads
 Cereals
 Fruits
 Vegetables
 Meats
 Fish
 Poultry
 Dairy
 Plants and seeds to grow food for your
household to eat

12. Visual anthropology in South Florida communities
communicating on the use of SNAP

13. Food Assistant Benefits Decreased
 Effective November 1, 2013, Food Assistant benefits decreased
due to the ending of SNAP increases from the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (a.k.a. the Stimulus Plan).
 In Florida, nearly one in five residents is on food stamps
 In 2008, before the recession, Floridians received nearly $1.8
billion in SNAP benefits. By 2012, it was $5.6 billion.
 Nearly 3.6 million Floridians received SNAP benefits in June,
more than twice the 1.45 million who got them five years ago
before the economy tanked.

14. The use of media to communicate
Food Stamp/SNAP cuts affecting Floridians

15. Information for Florida Food
Stamps/SNAP and WIC
http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/outreach/states/florida.htm
DCF Headquarters
1317 Winewood Blvd.
Building 1, Room 202
Tallahassee, Florida
32399-0700
Phone: (850) 487-1111
Fax: (850) 922-2993
http://www.floridahealth.gov/healthy-people-and-families/wic/
Contact the Florida WIC Program
1-800-342-3556
Mailing Address
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A16
Tallahassee FL 32399