If WIC's Cash Value Benefit (CVB) is included in the Continuing Resolution, participants will continue receiving enhanced benefits for veggies and fruits for another year. Congress must take action before September 30 to ensure the yearlong extension of the WIC benefit bump in the Continuing Resolution. Check out the most recent participant data from FNS and see just how impactful an extended CVB increase will be for participants. The data below is based on the most recently available participation data from May 2021. Check it out and see just how impactful the increase to WIC's veggie and fruit benefit has been!
Participation data is listed here and updated now and then by FNS. Feel free to make your own state-by-state breakdowns if they are helpful for messaging purposes! https://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/wic-program
| Children Served | Women Served | Total Additional Benefit | |
| Alabama | 56,369 | 23,410 | $24,329,208 |
| Alaska | 8,161 | 2,983 | $3,405,336 |
| Arizona | 80,305 | 27,147 | $32,873,496 |
| Arkansas | 20,412 | 12,875 | $10,076,544 |
| California | 577,330 | 185,812 | $233,640,816 |
| Colorado | 42,894 | 17,674 | $18,473,040 |
| Connecticut | 23,747 | 9,162 | $10,047,720 |
| Delaware | 9,276 | 3,441 | $3,885,120 |
| Florida | 208,268 | 87,261 | $90,110,784 |
| Georgia | 91,817 | 41,454 | $40,585,656 |
| Hawaii | 15,223 | 5,283 | $6,271,080 |
| Idaho | 17,349 | 6,722 | $7,348,824 |
| Illinois | 73,984 | 34,080 | $32,898,048 |
| Indiana | 86,648 | 31,178 | $36,013,440 |
| Iowa | 33,242 | 12,519 | $13,976,976 |
| Kansas | 23,827 | 9,227 | $10,091,400 |
| Kentucky | 56,925 | 20,988 | $23,805,144 |
| Louisiana | 34,897 | 23,630 | $17,693,304 |
| Maine | 9,869 | 3,285 | $4,025,208 |
| Maryland | 64,833 | 266,752 | $27,932,472 |
| Massachusetts | 66,781 | 21,577 | $27,049,848 |
| Michigan | 119,824 | 39,600 | $48,789,888 |
| Minnesota | 56,743 | 19,356 | $23,278,344 |
| Mississippi | 36,462 | 14,286 | $15,490,512 |
| Missouri | 39,181 | 20,490 | $18,125,592 |
| Montana | 7,992 | 2,759 | $3,288,096 |
| Nebraska | 20,242 | 7,032 | $8,340,720 |
| Nevada | 31,892 | 11,717 | $13,324,800 |
| New Hampshire | 8,736 | 2,640 | $3,485,952 |
| New Jersey | 82,883 | 30,650 | $34,686,696 |
| New Mexico | 18,142 | 8,000 | $7,964,304 |
| New York | 204,880 | 75,350 | $85,623,360 |
| North Carolina | 143,782 | 53,135 | $60,162,864 |
| North Dakota | 5,789 | 2,068 | $2,401,752 |
| Ohio | 68,807 | 36,635 | $32,018,664 |
| Oklahoma | 44,807 | 19,978 | $19,733,448 |
| Oregon | 44,988 | 15,092 | $18,382,752 |
| Pennsylvania | 91,218 | 38,273 | $39,482,640 |
| Rhode Island | 9,121 | 3,553 | $3,869,016 |
| South Carolina | 43,398 | 19,341 | $19,110,384 |
| South Dakota | 8,996 | 3,111 | $3,702,720 |
| Tennessee | 53,849 | 27,949 | $24,850,200 |
| Texas | 313,745 | 180,223 | $149,792,664 |
| Utah | 19,370 | 8,093 | $8,374,224 |
| Vermont | 7,238 | 2,110 | $2,865,936 |
| Virginia | 66,578 | 24,597 | $27,856,272 |
| Washington | 71,044 | 24,886 | $29,332,896 |
| West Virginia | 17,827 | 6,534 | $7,443,816 |
| Wisconsin | 49,485 | 16,099 | $20,075,832 |
| Wyoming | 3,688 | 1,575 | $1,604,256 |