Advocacy

NWA CEO Rev. Douglas Greenaway Calls for Child Nutrition Reauthorization

WIC and the other child nutrition programs have not been reauthorized since the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010. The time is now. Join the National WIC Association throughout the […]

Colorado WIC State Director Heidi Hoffman Calls for Child Nutrition Reauthorization

WIC and the other child nutrition programs have not been reauthorized since the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010. The time is now. Join the National WIC Association throughout the […]

Enhancing the WIC Food Package: Impacts and Recommendations to Advance Nutrition Security

The WIC food packages advance health outcomes by addressing specific nutrient needs of infants, young children, and pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women. Consistent with analysis included in the 2017 report […]

Advice and Help From the WIC Voices Story Team Members

Part of the National WIC Association’s WIC Voices Guide, this resource shares challenges, successes, lessons learns and resources from local WIC agencies who participated in the original WIC Voices Project.

Steps in Implementing A Story Collection Project

Part of the National WIC Association’s WIC Voices Guide, this resource lists step-by-step directions that provide a road map for replicating the WIC Voices storytelling project at the federal, state […]

Snapshot: The Original WIC Voices Project

Part of the National WIC Association’s WIC Voices Guide, this resource explains the nuts and bolts of the original WIC Voices Project.

How to Tell Your WIC Story

Part of the National WIC Association’s WIC Voices Guide, this resource provides guidance for effective WIC storytelling, through verbal and written stories as well as photography and videos.

WIC Voices: An Introduction

Part of the National WIC Association’s WIC Voices Guide, this resource describes the rationale for developing this guide and stories practical application to WIC work.

WIC to 6: Addressing Nutrition Gaps

As children are entering kindergarten at a later age, there is an emerging nutrition gap of children who qualify for neither WIC nor school meals. Extended child eligibility is a […]

Support the Wise Investment in Our Children (WIC) Act

The Wise Investment in our Children (WIC) Act, sponsored by Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), is common-sense legislation that would improve maternal and child health outcomes in […]