The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program provides nutrition assistance, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health and social services for low-income and nutritionally at-risk pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, as well as to infants and young children up to age five. The 2013 WIC Vendor Management Study examined the management of retail delivery systems and determined the extent to which WIC vendors follow program rules and the factors associated with any violations. As subcontractor to Altarum, RTI International provided support in numerous ways, which included constructing a sample frame of WIC vendors, selecting a nationally representative sample of vendors, developing and pretesting field data collection instruments and procedures, and assisting Altarum in analyzing and reporting study findings. One significant finding from the study was that the rate at which vendors allow buyers to substitute items for traditional WIC benefits has declined but is disproportionately high for benefits with a cash value.
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Altarum Institute|US Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
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