What improvements would you recommend to enhance the effectiveness of the WIC program in meeting the needs of those who are eligible to participate?


Overall, research evaluating WIC's effectiveness finds positive outcomes for WIC participants compared to nonparticipants. The following measures would help lower the barriers to program participation:

a . Increase the congressional funding for the program to enable more eligible women, infants, and children to receive WIC benefits.
b. Improve the coordination between WIC and programs providing or financing maternal and child health care services.
c. Implement outreach activities to increase access to WIC program benefits by all who are eligible.

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