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ResetResource | Research | General/Other
    FY 2025  Research and Evaluation Plan
        The USDA Food and Nutrition Service conducts a variety of studies, evaluations, and related activities that respond to the needs of policymakers and managers and help ensure that nutrition assistance programs achieve their goals effectively. This plan provides short descriptions of projects that are expected to launch in fiscal year (FY) 2025.
It reflects decisions by FNS program and research staff and leadership on the best use of available research funding to meet current information needs that are aligned with agency priorities to improve program efficiency, integrity, and nutrition. FNS developed this plan in consultation with the agencies of the Research, Education, and Economics (REE) Mission Area.
      03/13/2024
    Resource | Research, Analysis & Background | Participation Characteristics
    WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2022
        Since 1988, FNS has produced biennial reports on WIC participant and program characteristics for program monitoring and managing WIC information needs. The 2022 report summarizes demographic, income, and health-related characteristics of participants with active certifications in April 2022.
      02/20/2024
    Resource | Research, Analysis & Background | Assessing/Improving Operations
    National and State Level Estimates of WIC Eligibility and Program Reach in 2021
        This report, the latest in a series of annual reports on WIC eligibility, presents 2021 national and state estimates of the number of people eligible for WIC benefits and the percents of the eligible population and the US population covered by the program, including estimates by participant category.
      11/03/2023
    Resource | Research, Analysis & Background | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Conducting Remote WIC Certification Appointments During the COVID-19 Pandemic
        The physical presence waiver, issued under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, allowed WIC state and local agencies to remotely certify participants into WIC during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report summarizes data collected from surveys of WIC state and local agencies about the use of the physical presence waiver and the impact it had on WIC services.
      04/26/2023
    Resource | Research, Analysis & Background | Assessing/Improving Operations
    The Use and Impact of Federal Waivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Summary Findings From Surveys of WIC State and Local Agencies
        Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, the USDA FNS issued certain programmatic waivers to state agencies to support continued access to WIC services and provide flexibilities to some administrative requirements. This brief report summarizes findings about the use and impact of these waivers from surveys of WIC state and local agencies.
      04/26/2023
    Resource | Research | Assessing/Improving Operations
    Changes in WIC Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A First Look at the Impact of Federal Waivers
        This preliminary report summarizes key changes, improvements, and challenges to WC operations as delivered under the physical presence and remote benefit issuance waivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings represent a first, high-level look at survey data collected from state and local WIC agencies to fulfill reporting requirements for waivers issued under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
      04/26/2023
    Resource | Research | Breastfeeding
    National and State Level Estimates of WIC Eligibility and Program Reach in 2020
        These graphics, the latest in a series of annual reports on WIC eligibility, present 2020 national and state estimates of the number of people eligible for WIC benefits and the percentages of the eligible population and the US population covered by the program, including estimates by participant category.
      01/09/2023
    Resource | Research | Benefit Content/Cost
    WIC Food Cost-Containment Practices Study
        The WIC Food Cost-Containment Practices Study describes the voluntarily approaches state agencies used in 2018 to reduce food costs when selecting and authorizing WIC foods. This study is the second of its kind; the first was conducted by the USDA Economic Research Service in 2003. This report examines how six types of food cost-containment practices are associated with food costs and WIC participant satisfaction, benefit redemption, and food consumption in 12 state agencies.
      11/09/2022
    Resource | Research | Food Security
    ERS - Household Food Security in the United States in 2021
        This report presents statistics from the survey that cover household food security, food expenditures, and use of federal nutrition assistance programs in 2021.
      09/08/2022
    Resource | Research | Food Security
    USDA Nutrition Education Coordination Report to Congress, FY 2021
        USDA's nutrition assistance programs touch the lives of one in four American consumers annually and the nutrition education efforts associated with select programs offer a powerful opportunity to promote food security and improve dietary quality among eligible individuals and families.
      08/25/2022

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