State-Of-Wic-Report-March-2021.Pdf
THE STATE OF WIC HEALTHIER PREGNANCIES, BABIES, AND YOUNG CHILDREN DURING COVID-19 FEBRUARY 2021 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The National WIC Association (NWA) is the non-profit voice of the The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), founded in 1930 as an 12,000 public health nutrition service provider agencies and the independent, private foundation by breakfast cereal innovator and over 6.3 million mothers, babies, and young children served by the entrepreneur Will Keith Kellogg, is among the largest philanthropic Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and foundations in the United States. Guided by the belief that all children Children (WIC). NWA provides education, guidance, and support to should have an equal opportunity to thrive, WKKF works with WIC staff; and drives innovation and advocacy to strengthen WIC as communities to create conditions for vulnerable children so they can we work toward a nation of healthier families. For more information, realize their full potential in school, work and life. visit www.nwica.org. The Kellogg Foundation is based in Battle Creek, Michigan, and works throughout the United States and internationally, as well as with sovereign tribes. Special attention is paid to priority places where there are high concentrations of poverty and where children face significant barriers to success. WKKF priority places in the U.S. are in Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans; and internationally, are in Mexico and Haiti. For more information, visit www.wkkf.org. NWA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Berry Kelly,
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