Anntesha talks to her colleague Alison about how she became a kingiver, as well as the joys and challenges of being a grandfamily, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This report provides an in-depth look at the tradeoff between participant access and program costs in USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), synthesizing several studies […]
WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018 (PC 2018) summarizes the demographic characteristics of participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nationwide in April 2018. […]
The 2009 WIC revisions contained efforts to increase breastfeeding tools and support. This study examined the effect the revisions had on WIC participation and breastfeeding outcomes. They found that after […]
Following the WIC food package revisions of 2009, diet quality of WIC participating households was measured before and after policy implementation to assess the progress of the policy. Using Healthy […]
This study sought to assess the diet quality and nutrient intake of WIC children of various racial or ethnic backgrounds as the differences are largely still unknown. Results of the […]
Analysis comparing WIC recipients before and after the changes to the WIC food package in 2009, showed that there were improvements in diet quality and nutrient intake, but these results […]
NWA is partnering with the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) of the University of California to implement the Multi-State WIC Participant Satisfaction Survey 2021 project. The project goal is to collect […]
ENDING HUNGER in a lasting, sustainable way requires identifying and resolving its root causes. While hunger and poverty rates have declined nationwide, people of color consistently have far higher rates […]
