Health Care Reform
Expanding Access and Harnessing the Power of WIC
The WIC Program is adjunct to health care and provides support that aims to improve overall health outcomes for WIC families through nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support, referrals to health care and other community support and providing a monthly allotment of healthy foods. CWA engages in innovative projects in partnership with local WIC agencies to improve collaborations with health care partners, streamline access to WIC, and address social determinants of health.
Our Work in Health Care Reform
Perinatal Nutrition Counseling Services for Low Income Women in California
In this report, we focus on the vital role nutrition plays in perinatal and neonatal health and the benefits of higher-intensity perinatal nutritional counseling.
TeleWIC: Keeping Up With the Times
This report introduces videoconferencing as a way to bring WIC services into alignment with the expectations of participants.
Breastfeeding Support in Medi-Cal: Large Return, Small Investment
New opportunities for WIC and public health to join efforts are available now and unfolding in the future.
Impacts of Breastfeeding Support, Supplies, and Counseling on Health Insurance Premiums and Costs
New opportunities for WIC and public health to join efforts are available now and unfolding in the future.
Updating WIC for a New Generation
This brief summarizes demographic characteristics, market data, and provides a glimpse of some WIC-related millennial research.
Breastfeeding Support: Community Clinics and the ACA Requirement
New opportunities for WIC and public health to join efforts are available now and unfolding in the future.
Nutrition and Breastfeeding Interventions Under Health Care Reform
New opportunities for WIC and public health to join efforts are available now and unfolding in the future.
Closing Health Insurance Gaps for Families
For this report, The Children’s Partnership joined with CWA to determine the extent to which WIC sites can increase health insurance for their participants, and the most effective strategies for doing so.
