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This 10 page research paper examines the federally-established program known as WIC (Women, Infants and Children). Specifically discussed is the agency's history, current available information on program eligibility and benefits, its goal and program objectives, standards and criteria, services, and some suggestions on how the WIC program could be more effective. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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File: D0_Wominfch.rtf
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care and nutrition information and counseling for low-income mothers, their babies and young children ages five and younger. Originally proposed in 1972 as an amendment to the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 and enacted in 1974, WICs administration falls under Food and Consumer Service branch of the Department of Agriculture. The name was officially shortened to WIC through
The Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994 ("WIC: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children," 1997). WIC issues grants to all 50
states, the District of Columbia, 33 Indian tribal groups, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Government Printing Office, 1997). This
paper was sold by Paper Store, Inc. Specifically, the funds provided by WIC are used by states for supplemental food items like bread, milk and cheese, medical referrals to
those mothers who do not have adequate health care and provide important nutritional information and counseling to women from low-income households who are either pregnant, breast-feeding, or nonbreast-feeding mothers who
are experiencing bouts of postpartum depression, and infants and children who are not receiving proper nutrition. II. Current Available Literature Most updated literature concerning the WIC
program specifics including eligibility may be obtained either through the local state chapter (which is usually listed in the phone book or the number can be obtained by dialing information)
or purchased through the U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents on the World Wide Web at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale/asale001.html or by telephoning the office at (202) 512-1800. Free information may
be received by contacting the USDA Food and Consumer Service Public Information Staff by mail at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 819, Alexandria, Virginia 22302 or (703) 305-2286 ("WIC: The
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