Resource Types: <span>Research</span>

Multi-State WIC Participant Satisfaction Survey: Cash Value Benefit Increase During COVID

A new report released by the National WIC Association (NWA), in partnership with researchers from the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI), reveals an increase in child fruit and vegetable consumption among participants in […]

A Structural Race Analysis of First Food

According to the report, 44.7 percent of white mothers are still breastfeeding their infants at six months, compared with 27.5 percent of African-American mothers and 32.3 percent of U.S.-born Latina […]

Linking WIC for Health Equity: Expanding Access to WIC Through Horizontal Integration

NWA Working Group Report on Online Ordering Requirements

Weeks after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National WIC Association convened a working group comprised of State WIC Agencies, frontline providers, retailers, EBT processors, and other key stakeholders. […]

The State of WIC: Investing in the Next Generation

The second State of WIC report – supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation – highlights the experience of WIC providers and participants throughout 2021. Effective program reforms, including the WIC […]

Task Force on Supplemental Food Delivery in the WIC Program – Recommendations Report

Since 1974, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has enhanced access to healthy foods and delivered critical nutrition services for new and expectant parents, babies, […]

Review of WIC Food Packages: Improving Balance and Choice: Final Report

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) began 40 years ago as a pilot program and has since grown to serve over 8 million pregnant women, […]

Multi-state WIC Participant Satisfaction Survey: Learning from Program Adaptations During COVID

A report released by the National WIC Association (NWA), alongside researchers from the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) and Pepperdine University, explored WIC participant satisfaction and experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Increasing the WIC Benefit Amount for Fruits and Vegetables to Support Healthy Families

This research brief outlines a case study, conducted by researchers from the University of California San Francisco, exploring the impacts of providing pregnant WIC participants with an additional subsidy for […]

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 […]

Resource Types: Research