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Healthcare Provider Toolkit: Establishing Referral and Data Sharing Processes with Healthcare Providers

“As an evidence-based, targeted intervention associated with improved health outcomes forits participants, WIC is critical to strengthening the healthcare system’s efforts to improvematernal and child health. While many healthcare providers […]

Toolkit for Assessing WIC Certification Practices

An online toolkit is available to help state and local WIC agencies to assess their certification practices to make it easier for families to apply for WIC and to continue […]

Supporting WIC Enrollment: Using Technology to Improve Certification Experience for WIC Participants and WIC Agencies

The National WIC Association and Nava Public Benefit Corporation (Nava) researched the state of technology being used in WIC to support remote certifications today. Nava gathered the information in this […]

WIC Participants’ Perspectives About Online Ordering and Technology in the WIC Program

Objective The objective of this study was to assess the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants’ perceptions about ordering WIC groceries online. Methods Qualitative semistructured interviews were […]

User-Centered Design of a Texas WIC ChatBot: Formative Investigation

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 […]

EBT “One-Card” Technical and Programmatic Considerations

During EBT planning, many WIC State agencies are encountering the idea of using a single EBT card that allows access to WIC and other program benefits such as SNAP and […]