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.
This report explains why streamlining the certification process is important and describes opportunities for state and local policies to better support streamlining. Streamlining could free up staff time to devote […]
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves people at nutritional risk, including: – Low income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women; – Children from infancy to […]
Experimental research with parents of older children suggests parents’ engagement with technological devices (e.g., television, mobile devices) in the presence of their children decreases the quality of parent-child interactions. Many […]
Objective Mobile applications (‘apps’) for WIC families are becoming increasingly prevalent, especially in states that have transitioned from paper vouchers to electronic benefits transfer (EBT) for WIC. Apps and other […]
WIC EBT implementation results in benefits to many stakeholders, but can be a long and stressful effort. In 2016, two WIC Agencies reflected on their projects by asking key stakeholders […]
This paper introduces videoconferencing as a way to bring WIC services into alignment with the expectations of participants. The young adults who are WIC’s clients are native technology users; using […]
Through a combination of literature review, field observations, and interviews in San Jose, CA, ideas42 identified behavioral barriers affecting families’ choices and actions throughout the ‘WIC lifecycle’—a period that begins […]
In 2015, the Colorado Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program was awarded a WIC Special Projects mini-grant from the US Department of Agriculture to implement their innovative Texting for Retention […]
Increasing NYS WIC retention rates among eligible participants is critical to improving the nutrition status and eating behaviors of low income families, nurturing optimal child development, and supporting childhood obesity […]
