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WIC Program and Participant Characteristics 2010
(Released December 2011)
The WIC PC 2010 Report summarizes the demographic characteristics of WIC women, infants and children participants nationwide in April 2010.  Information is also available on participant income and nutrition risk characteristics, a national estimate of breastfeeding initiation for WIC infants, and a description of WIC members of migrant farmworker families.  The WIC PC2010 Report is the most recent in a series of reports that have been generated from WIC State management information systems biennially since 1992.
Institute of Medicine Report: "Updating the USDA National Breastfeeding Campaign - Workshop Summary"
Released September 21, 2011
 
ERS Report: "WIC and the Battle Against Childhood Overweight"
Published April 2009

ERS Report: "The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2008 Annual Report"
Published April 2009

ERS Report: "The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2009 Edition"
Published April 2009
 

"Survey of the Public Health Nutrition Workforce 2006-2007"
Published May 2008
The Integrity Profile (TIP) User Guide
Published May 2008
The Integrity Profile (TIP) report reflects the efforts of WIC State agencies to monitor vendors and is used to validate integrity in the WIC Program. The TIP report also describes WIC Program goals and how these goals are compromised when vendor fraud or abuse occurs.  

TIP Report for Fiscal Year 2005

TIP Report for Fiscal Year 2002

TIP Report for Fiscal Year 2001

TIP Report for Fiscal Year 2000

WIC Program: Published Studies and Summaries   
Reports published by FNS's Office of Research and Analysis - includes the WIC Participant and Program Characteristics reports.
Interstate Variation in WIC Food Package Costs: The Role of Food Prices, Caseload Composition, and Cost-Containment Practices
Published January 2005 - Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report No. (FANRR41)
Economic Research Service, USDA
Studies and Reports by GAO, OIG, and Other Oversight Agencies
WIC Works Resource System providing nutrition service tools for health and nutrition professionals.
ChooseMyPlate.gov
"Coordination Strategies Handbook: A Guide for WIC and Primary Care Professionals" Completed in July 2000 and subsequently delivered to local agencies and others, this report was funded through a grant from the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).  The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) cooperated with FNS at the Federal level to develop the handbook.
Program Data
includes historical summaries, annual state level data for selected elements,  monthly national level data for major programs, and the latest available month for state-level participation in major  programs. 
FNS-339 - Federal-State Supplemental Nutrition Programs Agreement

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