The FY2027 President's Budget requests $500.0M for WIC Contingency Fund, within Agriculture (USDA)'s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) account. That is up 233% on the FY2026 figure of $150.0M, which is the enacted appropriation.
FY2026–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | enacted | $150.0M |
| FY2027 | request | $500.0M |
Bases are separate columns and are never summed into one figure.
Agriculture (USDA) discretionary budget authority
From the OMB Public Budget Database — clean, summable, and the figure to cite for an agency total. It is the whole of Agriculture (USDA)'s discretionary request, not a total of the parsed lines above, and this page never adds the two together.
What this funds
Funds the WIC Contingency Fund, held in reserve to continue serving eligible women, infants, and children during periods of funding uncertainty or when participation or food costs exceed appropriations.
Extracted from Food and Nutrition Service, p. 56. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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