Community Partnerships

Oregon WIC Coordination with Medicaid Coordinated Care Organizations

Many local agencies in Oregon are working to establish collaborations with Medicaid coordinated care organizations (CCO). One agency developed a memorandum of understanding with a CCO: when the CCO newly […]

Home Visiting Services

Webster County Health Department (WCHD) is located in rural Iowa and provides WIC services to a 5 county WIC service area. WCHD has integrated WIC certifications into the Maternal Health […]

Co-locating WIC and Healthcare

TrueCare is an FQHC Health Center that provides comprehensive healthcare in San Diego and Riverside Counties in California, including prenatal and pediatric healthcare as well as WIC services. TrueCare providers […]

An Examination of Community Partnership and Strategies Used in Conducting Nutrition and Food Security Research With Low-Income Pregnant Women

Recruitment of low-income minority populations, particularly women, into health-based research has faced challenges related to transportation, time, and lack of child care. However, collaboration between researchers and community-based health provider […]

The Effects of Breastfeeding Support on Women Enrolled for WIC Benefits

Breastfeeding has been shown to protect both the mother and infant, and health care professionals consider it to be the best choice for feeding an infant. The Special Supplemental Nutrition […]

The CARE for Families Act

In June 2019, Reps. Alma Adams (D-NC), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), and Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Community Access to Education and Referrals (CARE) for Families Act. NWA endorses this legislation, […]

The influence of nutrition assistance program participation, parental nutritional knowledge, and family foodways on food security and child well-being

In this report we present results from our study of the effect of SNAP and WIC participation during childhood on food insecurity risk in young adulthood. We also examined the […]

Formative research to examine collaboration between special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children and head start programs

WIC and Head Start (HS) programs both serve similar populations, and while HS is a day care program for low income children, it also provides nutritional services. Yet, limited overlap […]

The WIC Outreach Project: A Partnership between Delaware WIC and the Food Bank of Delaware

The WIC Outreach Project was intended to increase retention rates among eligible children in New Castle County, DE through a partnership between the State of Delaware WIC Program and the […]

Summary of WIC State Agency Strategies for Increasing Child Retention

During spring 2014, WIC State agencies were canvassed to obtain information on strategies that are used or planned to retain child WIC participants. It is currently estimated that only 53.6% […]