Resource Types: Issue Brief

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Strengthening Our Nation One Bite at a Time: Benefits of a Permanent Cash Value Benefit (CVB) Increase for Women, Infants and Children

This public policy brief was created to highlight the various impacts that a permanent WIC CVB increase would have on the economy. While most people are aware of the improved […]

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Targeted Text Message Outreach Can Increase WIC Enrollment, Pilots Show

Targeted text messaging offers a promising option for reaching more families eligible for WIC, as several recent pilot programs have shown it may help increase awareness about and enrollment in […]

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TeleWIC: Keeping Up with Times

This paper introduces videoconferencing as a way to bring WIC services into alignment with the expectations of participants. The young adults who are WIC’s clients are native technology users; using […]

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Buying Wisely and Well: Managing WIC Food Costs While Improving the WIC Customer’s Shopping Experience

In July 2015, the BECR Center hosted a roundtable to discuss exploratory and innovative behavioral economics strategies that might be useful in helping the WIC Program manage food costs without […]

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Maternal Characteristics of Prenatal WIC Receipt in the United States, 2016

Eligibility for participation by pregnant women in the WIC Program is determined by household poverty status; only those with household incomes below 185% of the federal poverty line are eligible […]

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Closing Health Insurance Gaps for Families: WIC Can Make It Happen

An issue brief on how to improve health insurance coverage for low-income families and children through WIC referrals and partnership.

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Transitioning to Obesity Prevention: Harnessing WIC’s Success for Healthy Eating and Active Living

A brief focusing on the success of WIC as an antihunger program to address the crisis of child overweight and obesity.

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Preventing Overweight in Children Birth to 5 Years: An Overview for Decisionmakers

An overview on child nutrition programs, the obesity crisis, and strategies to prevent obesity.

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Overcoming Barriers to Breastfeeding in Low-Income Women

A policy brief on the importance of breastfeeding for low-income infants and children as a strategy for prevention of obesity and chronic disease.

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Breastfeeding: The First Defense Against Obesity

An issue brief on the importance of breastfeeding as an early strategy to reduce overweight and obesity with recommendations for the continuum of care.

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