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State Plan Checklist - FOOD DELIVERY 8/14/2026 Page 1

INTRODUCTION

The Food Delivery State Plan checklist is used to collect information regarding vendor and farmer / senior farmers market management as well as food delivery systems, food instruments, and electronic benefits. This checklist has combined the previous year’s checklists - I. Vendor Management and IX. Food Delivery. There are some new questions related to EBT which were not pulled from either of the previous checklists and many questions pertaining to paper food instruments were removed. The vendor and farmer/senior farmers market management section includes all those activities associated with selecting, authorizing, training, and monitoring, vendors and farmers/senior farmers markets participating in the WIC Program. The food delivery accountability section was revised to include the management and monitoring of the Retail Food Delivery System, and the procurement and delivery of supplemental foods to participants in the Home Food and Direct Distribution Delivery Systems. The following sections provide a brief overview of the information that is required by federal regulations to be included in State Plans. The questions that follow are designed to assist the State agencies in submitting compliant State Plans for FNS approval. State agencies are encouraged to review each federal regulation in its entirety. I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Indicate which of the three food delivery systems (retail, home delivery, direct distribution) the State agency operates. - 7 CFR 246. 4(a)(14)(i), 7 CFR 246. 12(b) II. HOME FOOD DELIVERY SYSTEMS 7 CFR 246. 4(a)(14), 7 CFR 246. 4(a)(14)(viii), 7 CFR 246. 12(m): If applicable, describe how the home delivery system operates including the types of authorized home food delivery contractors, the frequency of deliveries, and the procedures for documenting deliveries. Include a description of specialty infant formula, if applicable. III. DIRECT DISTRIBUTION FOOD DELIVERY SYSTEMS 7 CFR 246. 4(a)(14), 7 CFR 246. 12(n): If applicable, describe the methodology and procedures used in the direct distribution of supplemental foods, including types of foods distributed, warehouse and distribution centers, the verification process, and assurance of safety. Include a description of specialty infant formula, if applicable. IV. RETAIL FOOD DELIVERY SYSTEMS: BENEFIT ISSUANCE AND FOOD INSTRUMENTS A. Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Management 7 CFR 246. 12(y)(4)(ii): Describe updates on any active EBT projects. B. Food Instrument Overview 7 CFR 246. 4(a)(11)(iii), (14)(i), (vii), (xiii): Describe the types of food instruments allowed, as well as the policies and procedures used by the State agency in producing, monitoring, and accounting for the use of food instruments. C. Benefit Issuance 7 CFR 246. 4(a)(11)(iii), (14)(xx); 7 CFR 246. 12(r)(4); 7 CFR 246. 4(a)(14)(i), (x), (xiv), (xv): Describe the State agency's procedures for: issuing food instruments to participants, verifying identity, providing education on how to use food instruments, and the State agencies proxy policies. Include alternative benefit issuance procedures for special circumstances. D. Food benefit redemption and disposition 7 CFR 246.