Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2003-09-15
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 0309166977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report reviews the methods used to estimate the national number of people eligible to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) under full funding of the program. It reviews alternative data sets and methods for estimating income eligibility, adjunctive eligibility (which occurs when people are eligible for WIC because they are enrolled in other federal public assistance programs) and nutritional risk, as well as for estimating participation if the program is fully funded.