According to CBPP, the share of eligible persons participating in WIC is known as the “coverage rate,” and in a survey, the organization found that misinformation plays a significant role in the falling coverage rate. Throughout its first 20 years, Congress underfunded the program, forcing people in need to go on waiting lists and organizations to apportion what few resources they had by priority.īut in 1997, legislators threw their support into the program, and enrollments increased up to and through the Great Recession.įor the past 10 years, participation has declined, from 9 million in 2010 to under 6.5 million in 2019. “And all of these have not been given … they were not awarded to continue ,” she said.Īmerica incorporated WIC into its social safety net in 1974 for low-income and at-risk pregnant and postpartum women and their children, hoping to bolster their nutritional health. South - Mercer, Venango, and Forest Counties, little counties, but they’re very important, they’re run by minorities, and North.” Shenango Valley which is on the Western side. “There are three areas that are basically run by African American women.
“We learned that we will no longer be the providers of the WIC program in Philadelphia County,” Kilby said. States could now reach more low-income women and families while also addressing the racial inequities prevalent in these areas. Through four pilot projects in Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, and Virginia, BDT created a framework for using other social safety net programs to broaden WIC coverage.
And the lack of support for it could affect pregnancies, birth outcomes, and child development for low-income families in the Philadelphia region and beyond.Ī report from Benefits Data Trust released earlier this year in partnership with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that states could lower health disparities and increase WIC enrollments by using data-sharing and other technologies to promote the program to eligible Medicaid and SNAP participants.
At the same time, enrollments in WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Children, and Infants, continue to decline. Medicaid, SNAP, and cash assistance programs are perennial targets of various state legislature’s chopping blocks. Even though the Affordable Care Act survived another challenge at the Supreme Court earlier this year, America’s social safety net remains under constant threat.
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