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Stakeholders Speak: Lessons Learned from EBT Implementation

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 […]

Can a better understanding of WIC customer experiences increase benefit redemption and help control program food costs?

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program benefits nutritionally vulnerable populations by providing them with vouchers to buy healthful foods. In the retail sphere, the […]

Audience Segmentation of Kentucky Mothers by Nonparticipation Status in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

We identify women most and least likely to discontinue participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. Kentucky WIC program management information system data […]

Mapping a WIC Mother’s Journey: A Preliminary Analysis

To rapidly explore participation barriers in the Kentucky WIC program and edify preliminary participant journey narratives utilizing direct observation, an abbreviated participant observation experience, and focus group techniques. As part […]

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 […]

Child access to the nutritional safety net during and after the Great Recession: The case of WIC

The Great Recession was an economic downturn that lasted from 2007-2009 that had striking effects on children’s economic, social, and health environment, especially in regards to food security. Despite officially […]

Participation in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program as Reported by Documented and Undocumented Farm Worker Adults in the Household

Research on undocumented immigrants’ participation in the WIC program is fairly limited because there is great difficulty in obtaining data on these individuals. The study analyzed data obtained from the […]

Use of a mixed-method approach to evaluate the implementation of retention promotion strategies in the New York State WIC program

The article details several factors responsible for early exit from the WIC program including changing SES status, lack of awareness concerning eligibility, hours of operation, location, job conflicts, and food […]

Improving California Children’s Participation in Nutrition Programs

Food and nutrition assistance programs help children gain access to adequate amounts of nutritious food—reducing child hunger and food insecurity as well as promoting healthy development. Yet in California, enrollment […]

The First 1,000 Days: Listening to America’s Mothers

When it comes to diet and feeding practices, existing research is limited on low-income families in the United States. Even where the data are clear, they are only one part […]