Resource Types: Data

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Online WIC Shopping: Frequently Asked Questions

With USDA expected to revise vendor regulations, this resource informs WIC stakeholders about the potential reforms that can be accomplished to enable online shopping options and unleash a new generation […]

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Modernizing the WIC Shopping Experience

As SNAP scales up nationwide online shopping options, WIC must swiftly innovate to provide participating families with a modern and equitable shopping experience. Two parallel projects led by USDA build […]

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WIC Food Package Review: Frequently Asked Questions

With USDA expected to revise the WIC food packages, this resource informs WIC stakeholders about the potential reforms that can be accomplished in a food package review. This resource is […]

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Enhancing Nutrition Security: USDA Updates to the WIC Food Packages

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 codified the science-based review process that updated the WIC food packages and sought greater alignment with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In 2017, […]

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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, […]

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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, […]

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WIC Trends

National data from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) were used to investigate associations between WIC participation and nutrients and food groups consumed before (2008) and after (2016) the […]

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Matching Data Across Benefit Programs Can Increase WIC Enrollment

This report: – Details the importance of connecting Medicaid and SNAP participants to WIC; – Describes considerations for executing a data-sharing agreement; – Explains how states can take concrete steps […]

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Yes, Kids Can Learn to Love Veggies; A Review of Evidence to Support Why Young Eaters Need Veggies ‘Early & Often’

This resource by the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) is a review of evidence to support why veggies ‘early and often’ is key to raising adventurous, healthy eaters for […]

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WIC to 6: Addressing Nutrition Gaps

As children are entering kindergarten at a later age, there is an emerging nutrition gap of children who qualify for neither WIC nor school meals. Extended child eligibility is a […]

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