WIC Program by Alissa R https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w Alissa, Jacqlynn, Robert en-us 2018-08-12 21:49:30 UTC 2025-02-14 23:52:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Description of Women, Infants, and Children Program alissaroz24 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/272944398 Created in 1974 and designed to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children (up to 5 years of age) who are at "nutritional risk" (USDA, 2016).
Funded by the Federal Government and administered by state agencies. Available in all 50 states.]]> 2018-08-13 21:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/272944398 Eligibility alissaroz24 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/272944688 Must meet all criteria:
1. Categorical: Must be women, infants, or children.
2. Residential: Must live where applying
3. Income: Must be at or below income standard set by state: 100% of the federal poverty guidelines, cannot exceed 185%.
4. Nutrition Risk: Medical or dietary based condition.
(USDA, 2016)

]]> 2018-08-13 21:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/272944688 Statistics alissaroz24 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/272945178 WIC served 7.3 million women, infants, and children monthly in 2017. Approximately 3.76 million are children, 1.79 million are infants, and 1.74 million are women (USDA, 2016)

]]> 2018-08-13 22:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/272945178 What Is Offered alissaroz24 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/272945379 "Healthy options" such as fruit, vegetables, eggs, milk, cheese, yogurt, whole wheat bread, iron-fortified infant formula; however, the USDA recommends breastfeeding if possible (2016).

Access to resources such as health screenings, nutrition and breastfeeding counseling, substance abuse referral, immunization screening and referral (USDA, 2016).]]> 2018-08-13 22:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/272945379 Five Factors of A Policy Model: How it Influences WIC robmarshall12 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273288341 2018-08-15 16:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273288341 2. Politics & the Structure of the Government robmarshall12 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273288936 "The politics of food policy are largely rooted in the structure of the U.S. Government".

(Blau & Abramovitz, p. 447, 2012)]]> 2018-08-15 16:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273288936 3. Ideology robmarshall12 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273289004 Voluntarism: "the belief that charitable enterprises are the are the best way of handling our social problems".

"Repressive Benevolence"

(Blau & Abramovitz, p. 448, 2012)]]> 2018-08-15 16:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273289004 4. Social Movements robmarshall12 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273289086 Three differences distinguish a movement of such diversity:

(Blau & Abramovitz, p. 449, 2012)]]> 2018-08-15 16:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273289086 5. History robmarshall12 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273289149 (Programs that worked beforehand)
School Breakfast Program (1966)
Summer Food Service Program for Children (1968)

(Blau & Abramovitz, p. 448, 2012)]]> 2018-08-15 16:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273289149 1. The Economy robmarshall12 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273289191 Three different restrictions placed on food assistance:
1. Circumstances under which it was given.
2. The aid should always help, rather than harm the industry's profitability.
3. Influenced the nature of the aid so that agricultural interests would always benefit.

(Blau & Abramovitz, p. 446, 2012)]]> 2018-08-15 16:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273289191 Social Problem stewa727 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273331197 - Economics and poverty play a role in society.
- Poverty can lay the foundation for many problems
- Social ills of poverty: higher crime, mortality rates, homelessness and hunger (Voight, 2017).


]]> 2018-08-15 19:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273331197 Effects stewa727 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273332337 - Lack of opportunity for children 
- Less access to educational opportunities
- Lack support network leading them in positive directions.
- Kids can get caught up in choices keeping them in the cycle of poverty; teen pregnancy, addiction.
 (Voight, 2017).

]]> 2018-08-15 19:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273332337 Health Concerns stewa727 https://padlet.com/alissaroz24/sx4ln0ylwq9w/wish/273334217 - Malnourished from the womb
- Compromised cognitive ability
- Health issues interfere with stable learning environment 
- Children less likely to get medical help when needed
- Can impact society as a whole; contagious infections 
- Parents less likely able to provide necessary care for children
- Can’t take the time off work to care for children
- Domino effect/down spiral
 (Voight, 2017).
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