HOW WIC HELPS THE SOONER STATE
HOW WIC HELPS THE SOONER STATE MISSION OF WIC To assure healthy pregnancies, healthy birth outcomes and healthy growth and development for women, infants and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk, by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information and education on healthy eating, and referrals to health care and critical social services.
FUN FACTS OKLAHOMA WIC MADE STRIDES THIS YEAR IN IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THEIR PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR EASE OF RECEIVING SERVICES
OKLAHOMA WIC ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS ISSUED BENEFITS ON AN EBT CARD FROM 0% TO 100%
THE PERCENT OF CHILDREN AGES 2-5 YEARS OLD WITH A BMI GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO THE 95TH PERCENTILE, DECREASED
FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS “As a Retailer having the WIC Program gives
“First, I just want to say thank you! WIC helped me out tremendously! I make
customers one more reason to shop our stores
too much money to qualify for SNAP, but still not enough to pay all my bills and
which gives us the opportunity to earn that
buy groceries we need. If not for my lactation consultant provided through WIC I
customers business by showing them our
probably wouldn’t have been able to breastfeed. My son is 10 months and we’re
customer service level & quality of our stores.”
still going strong!”
WIC Participant, Oklahoma
WIC Participant, Oklahoma
WHO PARTICIPATES IN WIC? Oklahoma WIC Participation FY 2015
Pregnant Women Fully Breastfeeding Women
[2,929]
Total Breasfeeding Women
4,757
Postpartum Women
6,637
Infants
21,668
Children
43,117
Total
86,496
Coverage (% eligible)
62.0%
Source: USDA FNS WIC Program Data FY2015 https://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/wic-program
FEBRUARY 2017
10,316
Please direct all questions to NWA at 202.232.5492
WIC IS EFFICIENT
Monthly food value per participant
Oklahoma WIC Food and Nutrition Services Benefits FY 2015
Net federal food cost
$39,676,528
Competitive bidding savings
$22,937,936
Admin Cost (Nutrition Service Benefits)
$20,997,740
Total funds to state
$83,612,204
$38.23
Source: USDA FNS WIC Program Data FY2015 https://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/wic-program
BREASTFEEDING 80
80
70
70
70%
60 50 40 30 20
60
42%
Oklahoma WIC Participant Breastfeeding Rates
10 0
1998
65%
50
National WIC Participant Breastfeeding Rates
40 30
10 0
2014
44%
20
2000
2014
Source: USDA 2014 WIC Participant and Program Characteristics (PC) Report. PC data allows for standardized comparisons to demonstrate overall progress. Some states collect more data than required by the PC Report and may yield different and more current results than shown.
EBT STATUS
Oklahoma has implemented WIC EBT statewide. All state WIC programs must transition from paper vouchers to electronic benefit transfer cards (EBT) by 2020.
WIC SUPPORTS MILITARY FAMILIES
WIC provides services near Ft. Sill Army Base, Tinker AFB, Altus AFB and Vance AFB.
CONTACT DETAILS STATE WIC DIRECTOR
NUTRITION COORDINATOR
BREASTFEEDING COORDINATOR
STATE VENDOR MANAGER
Terry Bryce
Alicia Bergman, RD/LD
Rosanne Smith, RD/LD, IBCLC
Shawn Brown
2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 70
2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 70
2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 70
2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 70
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
73107-2475
73107-2475
73107-2475
73107-2475
T: 888-655-2942 Ext. 50012
T: 405-271-4676 Ext. 50029
T: 405-271-4676 Ext. 50014
T: 405-271-4676 Ext. 50037
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]
visit nwica.org
FUN FACTS OKLAHOMA WIC MADE STRIDES THIS YEAR IN IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THEIR PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR EASE OF RECEIVING SERVICES
OKLAHOMA WIC ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS ISSUED BENEFITS ON AN EBT CARD FROM 0% TO 100%
THE PERCENT OF CHILDREN AGES 2-5 YEARS OLD WITH A BMI GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO THE 95TH PERCENTILE, DECREASED
FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS “As a Retailer having the WIC Program gives
“First, I just want to say thank you! WIC helped me out tremendously! I make
customers one more reason to shop our stores
too much money to qualify for SNAP, but still not enough to pay all my bills and
which gives us the opportunity to earn that
buy groceries we need. If not for my lactation consultant provided through WIC I
customers business by showing them our
probably wouldn’t have been able to breastfeed. My son is 10 months and we’re
customer service level & quality of our stores.”
still going strong!”
WIC Participant, Oklahoma
WIC Participant, Oklahoma
WHO PARTICIPATES IN WIC? Oklahoma WIC Participation FY 2015
Pregnant Women Fully Breastfeeding Women
[2,929]
Total Breasfeeding Women
4,757
Postpartum Women
6,637
Infants
21,668
Children
43,117
Total
86,496
Coverage (% eligible)
62.0%
Source: USDA FNS WIC Program Data FY2015 https://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/wic-program
FEBRUARY 2017
10,316
Please direct all questions to NWA at 202.232.5492
WIC IS EFFICIENT
Monthly food value per participant
Oklahoma WIC Food and Nutrition Services Benefits FY 2015
Net federal food cost
$39,676,528
Competitive bidding savings
$22,937,936
Admin Cost (Nutrition Service Benefits)
$20,997,740
Total funds to state
$83,612,204
$38.23
Source: USDA FNS WIC Program Data FY2015 https://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/wic-program
BREASTFEEDING 80
80
70
70
70%
60 50 40 30 20
60
42%
Oklahoma WIC Participant Breastfeeding Rates
10 0
1998
65%
50
National WIC Participant Breastfeeding Rates
40 30
10 0
2014
44%
20
2000
2014
Source: USDA 2014 WIC Participant and Program Characteristics (PC) Report. PC data allows for standardized comparisons to demonstrate overall progress. Some states collect more data than required by the PC Report and may yield different and more current results than shown.
EBT STATUS
Oklahoma has implemented WIC EBT statewide. All state WIC programs must transition from paper vouchers to electronic benefit transfer cards (EBT) by 2020.
WIC SUPPORTS MILITARY FAMILIES
WIC provides services near Ft. Sill Army Base, Tinker AFB, Altus AFB and Vance AFB.
CONTACT DETAILS STATE WIC DIRECTOR
NUTRITION COORDINATOR
BREASTFEEDING COORDINATOR
STATE VENDOR MANAGER
Terry Bryce
Alicia Bergman, RD/LD
Rosanne Smith, RD/LD, IBCLC
Shawn Brown
2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 70
2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 70
2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 70
2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 70
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
73107-2475
73107-2475
73107-2475
73107-2475
T: 888-655-2942 Ext. 50012
T: 405-271-4676 Ext. 50029
T: 405-271-4676 Ext. 50014
T: 405-271-4676 Ext. 50037
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]
visit nwica.org
