Scope: <span>Policy</span>

Building Support for WIC in Your Community: Engaging Partners and Forging Coalitions

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource describes the importance of partnerships to your advocacy work and how to go about building strategic partnerships.

WIC Funding Basics

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource, provides an explanation of how WIC is funded.

When Does Advocacy Become Lobbying?

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource, describes the differences between advocacy and lobbying and how you can advocate without stepping into the territory of lobbying.

What is Advocacy

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource lists all of the ways you can advocate for WIC.

Why Advocacy Matters

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource explains why it’s important to talk about WIC on a local, state and national level.

WIC Policy Memorandum #2017-1: New MIS Guidelines and Revised Procedures for EBT and MIS Grant Funding

This policy memorandum set forth updated WIC Management Information System (MIS) guidelines and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) and MIS funding guidance to facilitate the implementation of statewide WIC EBT systems.

Maternal and Child Mortality in the US: The Role of WIC in Addressing the Crisis

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized country—26.4 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015.

Enhancing Breastfeeding Support in WIC: The Case for Increasing the Number of International Board Certified Lactation Consultants

Having access to an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) can greatly enhance the breastfeeding services provided by WIC and support mothers who experience complex breastfeeding needs. Yet, a recent […]

Breastfeeding Peer Counselors: A Successful Program That Should be Expanded

WIC’s Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program is a cost-effective, evidence-based resource for pregnant women and new moms participating in WIC. The National WIC Association recommends increased federal support to make peer […]

WIC Program Funding Process

“WIC is a domestic discretionary program under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). This means that WIC, unlike mandatory assistance programs […]

Scope: Policy