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In Their Own Words: Parents Help Us Understand Barriers to Accessing WIC

In Their Own Words: Parents Help Us Understand Barriers to Accessing WIC
2022
Code for America
Author(s): 
Simone Sequeira, Rachel Edelman, Deirdre Hirschtritt
In Their Own Words: Parents Help Us Understand Barriers to Accessing WIC
Source Sector(s)
Non-profit
Benefits Program
WIC: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
Level of Government
Federal/National
State/Provincial
Location
United States
Format
News
Non-Academic Article

Code for America explores the systems at play and the individuals experience of participants in WIC. By investigating overall quantitative trends in coverage, redemption, and retention rates, they use the data as a guide to build out a qualitative research plan that explains why such trends are occurring.