Scope: <span>Policy</span>

NWA Virtual Meeting Recording: REFOCUSING ON COVID-19: NWA WIC VENDOR PARTNER ROUNDTABLE – March 18, 2020

The primary focus of this 90-minute virtual meeting with WIC staff and WIC vendors and retail partners, held on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, was WIC’s response to COVID-19, especially focusing […]

COVID-19: NWA Recommendations for State Waivers

USDA Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): A New Look at Key Questions 10 Years After USDA Added Whole-Grain Bread to WIC Food Packages in 2009

Given that most Americans do not consume enough whole grains to satisfy Federal dietary recommendations, in 2009, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) altered its Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for […]

The CARE for Families Act

In June 2019, Reps. Alma Adams (D-NC), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), and Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Community Access to Education and Referrals (CARE) for Families Act. NWA endorses this legislation, […]

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 […]

Extending WIC’s Postpartum Care: Setting the Stage for Healthier Outcomes

Extended postpartum eligibility would enhance WIC’s public health imprint during the interconception period, improving subsequent birth outcomes and growing a healthier generation of Americans. This position paper lays out why […]

Support the Wise Investment in Our Children (WIC) Act

The Wise Investment in our Children (WIC) Act, sponsored by Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), is common-sense legislation that would improve maternal and child health outcomes in […]

NWA 2019 Child Nutrition Reauthorization Priorities

NWA’s members – including state WIC directors, local agency directors and clinic supervisors, frontline clinic staff, and nutritionists – works tirelessly each day to deliver quality nutrition services and breastfeeding […]

Statement on WIC and Oral Health

About WIC’s role in preventing early childhood caries

NWA’s Position on Functional Ingredients

Today, a growing number of food products are offered with functional ingredients, e.g., long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA), prebiotics, and probiotics. These […]

Scope: Policy