# WIC Integration Guide Overview

Everything you need to integrate WIC EBT payments into your application using the Forage API.

Forage added support for WIC (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) in 2026. This guide covers everything you need to integrate WIC payments into your application using the Forage API.

## Audience

Payment engineers and payment product managers who have integrated, or are planning to integrate, EBT SNAP and EBT Cash with Forage.

## Prerequisites

Your WIC integration builds on your existing EBT SNAP integration. Several foundational pieces (payment flows, card tokenization, balance inquiry) are already in place from your SNAP work, which reduces the net-new engineering effort to go live with WIC.

Before starting, you need an active Forage EBT SNAP integration. If you haven't set that up yet, start with [getting started with Forage](https://docs.joinforage.app/docs/get-started). For general EBT background, see [EBT payments 101](https://docs.joinforage.app/docs/ebt-online-101).

## What's in this guide

* **[How WIC Payments Work](./wic-payments.md)** — How WIC differs from dollar-based payment methods: the item-based voucher model, the payment lifecycle, and straddle rules.
* **[Integrate WIC with Forage](./wic-integration.md)** — Step-by-step instructions for each phase of the integration: syncing APL data, retrieving benefits, building the cart, capturing payment, and processing refunds.
* **[WIC API Reference](./wic-api-reference.md)** — Complete endpoint specifications, capture action codes, error codes, transaction limits, and receipt requirements.