Policy Recommendations

WIC Provisions in the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act

Recently, Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) of the House Education and Labor Committee introduced the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act – the first Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill in more than six years! This […]

Review of WIC Food Packages: Improving Balance and Choice: Final Report

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) began 40 years ago as a pilot program and has since grown to serve over 8 million pregnant women, […]

Striking the Balance: Unlocking Remote WIC Services After COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) rapidly innovated to provide remote services via video conferencing, telephone, and online platforms. These efforts, […]

WIC’s Fruit and Vegetable Bump: Building the Foundation for Healthier Children

Since spring 2021, WIC has enhanced monthly fruit and vegetable benefits for nearly 5 million young children and women. This science-based increase, sustained in fiscal year 2022 and 2023 appropriations, […]

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Current and Proposed Restricted Food Expenditures

Abstract Introduction: Between 2000 and 2017, a total of 23 states proposed legislation to further restrict Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) purchases. In the absence of a pilot program, the […]