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News Articles: WIC program

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Study: Kids who lose WIC see nutrition scores decline

When children age out the food program WIC, they may suddenly lose access to healthy foods. A new UGA study aims to quantify the nutritional loss these kids face.

August 10, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Signage for the WIC Farmers Market in Macon-Bibb County on June 9, 2022. Participants of the suplemental nutrition program have access to the summer markets, hosted by the Georgia Department of Public Health's 18 districts, through September.

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Annual farmers market for special nutrition program opens in Central Georgia

Fresh produce from the markets comes at no cost to eligible women, infants and children.  

July 05, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
Julia Adele Callahan gets ready to sort through her paper WIC vouchers at the checkout line at a grocery store in Macon, Georgia, on August 17, 2022. A 2021 nationwide study in the Journal of the American Medical Association saw WIC participation increase 8% over three years in places that implemented electronic benefits.

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Georgia is the last state to take the hassle out of food benefits for millions of women and children

In a nationwide switch to make WIC paperless, every participant in Georgia will have a debit card with electronic benefits by the end of the year. 

August 25, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
Signage for the WIC Farmers Market in Macon-Bibb County on June 9, 2022. Participants of the suplemental nutrition program have access to the summer markets, hosted by the Georgia Department of Public Health's 18 districts, through September.

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WIC participants in Georgia will finally get electronic benefits

A switch to electronic purchasing will make using the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children  easier for low-income families. Sofi Gratas reports.

July 12, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
Farmer at the WIC market in Macon

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Farmers markets for WIC participants are back this summer, for a limited time only

Participating health departments across most of Georgia are hosting farmers markets where WIC vouchers are accepted. The markets started in May and run through September. 

June 10, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
A woman shops for baby formula in Annapolis, Md., on May 16. Only a handful of companies supply baby formula in the country, a factor that has contributed to the current shortages being experienced in parts of the country.

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How the U.S. got into this baby formula mess

Just a handful of formula makers dominate the industry so a single plant shutdown can lead to empty shelves.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Horsley

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