WIC is facing a $1 billion budget shortfall, alarming advocates and program participants who say healthy food is only one piece of the vital assistance that the federal nutrition program provides to ...

For 50 years, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has been a vital pillar of public health in the United States, supporting millions of nutritionally ...

But as the national strategy noted, there is a significant barrier to achieving these goals: “Too often, people are eligible for federal assistance programs but do not benefit from them.” New data ...

Every day, doctors and other health professionals refer women and children to WIC knowing it improves children’s health. While research has shown that WIC decreases children’s risk of costly health ...