The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program provides vulnerable young children and their mothers with monthly food checks redeemable for healthy foods. WIC checks are an economic boon for the authorized retailers and create an incentive for small stores to offer a wide selection of healthy foods.
Encouraging the availability of healthy food options for purchase using federal food assistance is an effort that policymakers, retailers, and advocates can work together on.
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