A host of pandemic-prompted waivers for the Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children has brought a wave of innovation to the WIC program – changes many WIC experts think can fundamentally improve participant experience and drive up enrollment rates if made permanent. This panel looks at ways to improve WIC that will drive better nutrition and public health outcomes as well as making the program easier to use and more effective for participants.
Speakers
- Brian Dittmeier | Senior Public Policy Counsel, National WIC Association
- Katrina Harwood | WIC and Public Health Supervisor, Public Health Madison & Dane County
- Madeline Curtis | Senior Policy Associate, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Allison Yates-Berg | Vice President, ideas42
- Elyse Kovalsky | Senior Manager, Program Innovation, Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry