Food Assistance: Working Women's Access to WIC Benefits : Report to the Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of RepresentativesDescribes what WIC benefits are accessable to working women. |
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Page 1 - WIC provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-incomei pregnant, breast-feeding, and postpartum women; infants; and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk. The...
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Page 2 - In 1997, for example, the wic's annual limit on income for a family of four is $29,693 in the 48 contiguous states and the District of...
Page 2 - USDA pro gram that provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and nonbreastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children at nutritional risk.
Page 10 - WIC participation is related to the so-called "grocery store experience." The use of WIC vouchers to purchase food in grocery stores can cause confusion and delays for both the participant-shopper and the store clerk at the check-out counter. For example, Texas requires its WIC participants to buy the cheapest brand of milk, evaporated milk, and cheese available in the store. Texas also requires participants to buy the lowest-cost 46-ounce fluid or 12-ounce frozen fruit juices from an approved list...
Page 2 - ... sites, including various military installations (about 5 percent of local agencies). Our survey found that about 76 percent of the local WIC agency directors believed that their clinics are reasonably accessible for working women. In reaching this conclusion, the directors considered their clinic's hours of operation, the amount of time that participants wait for service, and the ease with which participants are able to get appointments. Despite the widespread use of strategies to increase accessibility,...
Page 5 - ... reduce the number of visits to the clinic by working women. Another strategy to increase participation by working women used by almost 90 percent of local agencies was issuing food vouchers for 2 or 3 months. As California State officials pointed out, issuing vouchers every 2 months, instead of monthly, to participants who are not at medical risk reduces the number of visits to the clinic. Three-fourths of the local WIC agencies had some provision for lunch hour appointments, which allows some...