Cost Containment and Participant Access in USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Evidence from the Greater Los Angeles, CA, Area

Patrick W McLaughlin, Michelle Saksena, Tina L Saitone, Meilin Ma, Richard Volpe, Qi Wu and Richard J Sexton

No 327202, Economic Research Report from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: This report provides an in-depth look at the tradeoff between participant access and program costs in USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), synthesizing several studies of WIC in Greater Los Angeles, CA, from 2009 to 2013.

Keywords: Food; Security; and; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18
Date: 2021-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.327202

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