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    • Changes in WIC Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A First Look at the Impact of Federal Waivers

    Metadata Updated: May 8, 2025

    This preliminary report summarizes key changes, improvements, and challenges to WC operations as delivered under the physical presence and remote benefit issuance waivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings represent a first, high-level look at survey data collected from state and local WIC agencies to fulfill reporting requirements for waivers issued under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    References

    https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/FFCRA-WICWaiver-Prelim-1.pdf

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date May 14, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 8, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 14, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 8, 2025
    Publisher Food and Nutrition Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier USDA-FNS-162
    Data First Published 2021-12-21
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-04-08
    Rights true
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 000:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Data Dictionary https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/operations-impact-federal-waivers-during-covid-19-pandemic
    Data Dictionary Type text/html
    Harvest Object Id 8956bdd2-dccf-4933-bb28-9c5d22e00a33
    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    Homepage URL https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/operations-impact-federal-waivers-during-covid-19-pandemic
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 000:000
    Publisher Hierarchy Department of Agriculture > Food and Nutrition Service
    Related Documents https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/FFCRA-WICWaiver-Prelim-1.pdf
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 871e282b85e1dd95a434453d50eba24c0dfe3703c5a69afe920811b0754ead4b
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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