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Massachusetts WIC Enhanced Referral and Family Support Project

By Massachusetts WIC

Massachusetts WIC was awarded the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 2011 WIC Special Project Grant (Full Paper) to conduct the evaluation of the Massachusetts WIC Enhanced Referral and Family Support Project. Massachusetts WIC has completed the evaluation of the program designed to enhance the referral component of the WIC program. The Massachusetts WIC Enhanced Referral and Family Support Project enabled ten WIC agencies across the Commonwealth to hire half-time Family Support Coordinator(s) (FSC) to help high-need families, with complex life circumstances, find and use community resources they might otherwise not have accessed. Massachusetts WIC conducted a pre-post program evaluation design using the focus groups and surveys of both WIC participants and staff.

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Date Added
May 6, 2019

Citation
Massachusetts WIC (2014) Massachusetts WIC Enhanced Referral and Family Support Project. Report  Available online: https://wicworks.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/MA_report2011.pdf