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WIC Eligibles and Coverage--1994 To 2007: Estimates of the Population of Women, Infants, and Children Eligible for WIC Benefits. Executive Summary
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US Department of Agriculture, 2009
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides food, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and health care and social service referrals to nutritionally at-risk low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children through age 4. This report offers updated estimates of the population that…
Descriptors: Eligibility, At Risk Persons, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Services
The Effects of the Recession on Child Poverty: Poverty Statistics for 2008 and Growth in Need during 2009
Isaacs, Julia B. – Brookings Institution, 2009
Nearly one in five children under age 18 lived in poor families in 2008, according to poverty statistics released by the Census Bureau in September 2009. Though high, this statistic does not capture the full impact of the economic downturn, which is expected to drive poverty even higher in 2009. However, updated poverty statistics will not be…
Descriptors: Poverty, Nutrition, Social Indicators, Welfare Recipients