California WIC program
California has, by far, the largest WIC program in the nation. It is a program of the California Department of Public Health which administers contracts with 84 local agencies – half local governments and half private, non-profit community organizations – which serve 1.46 million participants at 650 local sites statewide (The majority of participants are Latino (78%), Caucasian (8%), African-American (5.5%), Asian (5%), and Native American (<1%)), with FY 2010 food expenditures of $827 million and nutrition services and administration expenditures of $304 million.