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All localities in the Commonwealth shall participate in the WIC Program.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1336638,"text":"The Department is authorized, in accordance with the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1771 et seq.), to implement a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program) to provide supplemental foods and nutrition education to (i) low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women; (ii) infants; and (iii) young children. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0435\">435<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1428279,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359301,"identifier":"32.1-23.7","token":"32.1\/1\/3\/32.1-23.7","url":"\/32.1-23.7\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-23.7\/","token":"32.1\/1\/3\/32.1-23.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-23.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> is authorized, in accordance with the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. \u00a7&nbsp;1771 et seq.), to implement a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program) to provide supplemental foods and nutrition education to (i) low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women; (ii) infants; and (iii) young children. 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