Resource | Research and Data | Benefit Content/Cost
WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2016 Food Package Report
The biennial WIC Participant and Program Characteristics Report describes a census of all participants in WIC. The most recent report (PC 2016) reflects state management information systems data from April 2016, and this Food Package Report is a supplemental analysis of that data. While PC 2016 summarizes participant characteristics, this report summarizes the food packages, or prescriptions, that state agencies issued to these participants.
10/11/2018
Resource | Research and Data | Assessing/Improving Operations
Examination of the Effect of SNAP Benefit and Eligibility Parameters on Low-Income Households
This study examines how the policies that determine benefit levels for the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program compare to current low-income spending patterns by analyzing the expenditures of low-income households across the United States in 2013 and 2014.
10/27/2017