Resource Data Data Sharing

WIC and Medicaid Collaboration Landscape Toolkit

This toolkit helps state Medicaid and WIC agencies collaborate to increase WIC participation and improve maternal and child health outcomes.

Published Year: 2024

The toolkit offers strategies for data sharing between Medicaid and WIC, integrating WIC referrals into Medicaid processes, and using community health workers to support WIC enrollment.

It also highlights how Medicaid managed care contracts can incentivize WIC participation, supporting states in aligning health and nutrition efforts to improve outcomes for pregnant people, infants, and young children​.