The Trump Administration will use tariff revenue to continue funding the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) while the federal government remains shuttered.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the news on X on Oct. 7, stating, “President [Donald] Trump and the White House have identified a creative solution to transfer resources from Section 232 tariff revenue to this critical program.”
WIC began as a pilot program in 1972, and currently provides nutritional support and education to nearly 7 million low-income women who are either pregnant or postpartum, as well as infants and children under the age of five.
Unlike Medicare or Medicaid, which are entitlement programs guaranteed ongoing funding by federal law, this program receives annual funding approved by Congress and distributed as grants under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to each state….