Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program
Title | Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2003-09-15 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309166977 |
This report reviews the methods used to estimate the national number of people eligible to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) under full funding of the program. It reviews alternative data sets and methods for estimating income eligibility, adjunctive eligibility (which occurs when people are eligible for WIC because they are enrolled in other federal public assistance programs) and nutritional risk, as well as for estimating participation if the program is fully funded.
WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria
Title | WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 1996-06-10 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309053854 |
This book reviews the scientific basis for nutrition risk criteria used to establish eligibility for participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The volume also examines the specific segments of the WIC population at risk for each criterion, identifies gaps in the scientific knowledge base, formulates recommendations regarding appropriate criteria, and where applicable, recommends values for determining who is at risk for each criterion. Recommendations for program action and research are made to strengthen the validity of nutrition risk criteria used in the WIC program.
Estimating Eligibility and Participation in WIC
Title | Estimating Eligibility and Participation in WIC PDF eBook |
Author | Victor J. Oliveira |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Food relief |
ISBN |
Letter Report from the Panel to Review the USDA Methdology for Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program (2002)
Title | Letter Report from the Panel to Review the USDA Methdology for Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program (2002) PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 9 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Children |
ISBN |
WIC Participation Patterns: An Investigation of Delayed Entry and Early Exit
Title | WIC Participation Patterns: An Investigation of Delayed Entry and Early Exit PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Tiehen |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 45 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1437944094 |
USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides nutritious foods, nutrition counseling, and referrals to health and other social services to low-income women and their infants/children up to age 5. Despite the health benefits of WIC participation, many eligible women do not participate during pregnancy, and many households exit WIC when a participating child turns 1 year old. The authors of this report use the first two waves of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) to understand these transitions into and out of WIC. Findings show that households that are more economically advantaged are more likely to delay entry into the program or exit after a child turns 1 year old. Some of the mothers exiting the program reported that WIC requires too much effort and that its benefits are not worth the time (26.2 percent of those exiting) or that they have scheduling and transportation problems (almost 10 percent of those exiting), suggesting that the costs of participation may be a barrier to continued WIC participation.
Review of WIC Food Packages
Title | Review of WIC Food Packages PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 1063 |
Release | 2017-06-25 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309450160 |
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, and mothers of and their infants and young children. Today the program serves more than a quarter of the pregnant women and half of the infants in the United States, at an annual cost of about $6.2 billion. Through its contribution to the nutritional needs of pregnant, breastfeeding, and post-partum women; infants; and children under 5 years of age; this federally supported nutrition assistance program is integral to meeting national nutrition policy goals for a significant portion of the U.S. population. To assure the continued success of the WIC, Congress mandated that the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reevaluate the program's food packages every 10 years. In 2014, the USDA asked the Institute of Medicine to undertake this reevaluation to ensure continued alignment with the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In this third report, the committee provides its final analyses, recommendations, and the supporting rationale.
Review of WIC Food Packages
Title | Review of WIC Food Packages PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 587 |
Release | 2016-08-06 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309380006 |
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, and mothers of and their infants and young children. Today the program serves more than a quarter of the pregnant women and half of the infants in the United States, at an annual cost of about $6.2 billion. Through its contribution to the nutritional needs of pregnant, breastfeeding, and post-partum women; infants; and children under 5 years of age; this federally supported nutrition assistance program is integral to meeting national nutrition policy goals for a significant portion of the U.S. population. To assure the continued success of the WIC, Congress mandated that the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reevaluate the program's food packages every 10 years. In 2014, the USDA asked the Institute of Medicine to undertake this reevaluation to ensure continued alignment with the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This, the second report of this series, provides a summary of the work of phase I of the study, and serves as the analytical underpinning for phase II in which the committee will report its final conclusions and recommendations.