Access to WIC-Authorized Vendors and High-speed Internet Services in Urban and Rural Areas
- by Leslie Hodges, John Pender, David Marquardt, Anna Shetler and Joanne Guthrie
- 7/7/2026
Overview
This report describes the availability of high-speed internet services by U.S. census tract to support the use of online shopping options in WIC. Low-income and nutritionally at-risk women, infants, and children up to age 5 are eligible for WIC. WIC supports a healthy diet by providing supplemental foods that are high in nutrients. WIC State agencies have begun to pilot online shopping options for WIC participants to increase participants’ access to prescribed foods.
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