| Food Package | Food Package Description | As Redeemed | Assuming Full Redemption | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Package Cost (postrebate) | Revised Package Cost (postrebate) | Current Package Cost (postrebate) | Revised Package Cost (postrebate) | ||
| Infants | |||||
| I-FF-A | Formula fed, 0–3 months | $53.68 | $53.68 | $57.11 | $57.11 |
| I-FF-B | Formula fed, 4–5 months | $59.10 | $59.10 | $62.88 | $62.88 |
| I-BF/FF-A | Partially breastfed, 0–1 months | $6.48 | $6.48 | $6.90 | $6.90 |
| I-BF/FF-B | Partially breastfed, 1–3 months | $26.44 | $26.44 | $28.12 | $28.12 |
| I-BF/FF-C | Partially breastfed, 4–5 months | $31.80 | $31.80 | $33.83 | $33.83 |
| I-BF-A | Fully breastfed, 0–3 months | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| I-BF-B | Fully breastfed, 4–5 months | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| I | FP I average weighted by participation | $43.57 | $42.52 | $46.35 | $45.24 |
| II-FF | Formula fed, 6–11 months | $56.34 | $57.48 | $72.70 | $68.48 |
| II-BF/FF | Partially breastfed, 6–11 months | $36.89 | $38.03 | $52.01 | $47.79 |
| II-BF | Fully breastfed, 6–11 months | $34.23 | $22.17 | $79.68 | $39.39 |
| II | FP II average weighted by participation | $51.37 | $50.15 | $71.15 | $61.72 |
| III-I and III-II | Infants with special dietary needs, nonexempt | $26.40 | $26.95 | $34.20 | $32.18 |
| formula and food, weighted by participation | |||||
| Childrena | |||||
| IV-A | 1 year | $34.93 | $34.20 | $50.26 | $46.22 |
| IV-B | 2–4 years | $33.88 | $33.99 | $49.86 | $47.42 |
| Womena | |||||
| V,b V-Ac | Pregnant | $36.68 | $35.51 | $58.70 | $52.96 |
| V,b V-Bc | Partially breastfeeding | $36.68 | $43.93 | $58.70 | $64.31 |
| VI | Postpartum, nonbreastfeeding | $29.76 | $30.10 | $46.58 | $47.14 |
| VII | Fully breastfeeding | $47.41 | $55.11 | $74.16 | $78.71 |
| Average weighted cost per-participant (per month) | $37.27 | $37.32 | $53.21 | $50.22 | |
NOTES: BF = fully breastfed; BF/FF = partially breastfed; FF = formula fed. See Appendix R, Table R-5, for determination of redemption percentages. See Appendix R, Tables R-1 through R-3, for assumptions applied to develop the current and revised food package cost profiles. Prices were from USDA-FNS redemption data, CPI-adjusted to 2015, with the exception of infant formula, revised package whole wheat bread and alternatives, and yogurt, which were from the 2014 IRI Consumer Network Database.
Participants of these ages receiving food package III were folded into the appropriate age-and physiological state category to capture issued foods.
Food package V in the current set of packages is issued to both pregnant and partially breastfeeding women.
In the revised set of packages, food package V is separated into V-A for pregnant women, and V-B for partially breastfeeding women.
SOURCES: Personal communication, K. Castellanos-Brown, USDA-FNS, April 7, 2016, and June 30, 2016; USDA/FNS, 2014a; BLS, 2016; USDA/FNS, 2016a; 2014 IRI Consumer Network Database.
From: 7, Evaluation of Cost
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