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Designing an API prototype for Montana WIC

This case study describes Nava's work with the state of Montana’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) agency to build an API prototype, which is part of Nava's larger work inform a national API standard.

Organization: Nava Public Benefit Corporation

Authors: Karen Turner, Rocket Lee, Daniella DeVera, Lauren Peterson

Published Year: 2023

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Nava worked alongside Montana to help build an Application Programming Interface (API) prototype to help ease the process of managing participant data for Montana WIC’s staff, and to inform a national API standard that would break down systemic barriers to WIC modernization.

This prototype was part of a 6-month demonstration project made possible with support from Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt. The other component of the project involved building an eligibility screener tool, explained in this case study, which sought to make it easier for people to apply for the state’s WIC program. Through building and testing this API prototype, we learned how we might overcome system barriers to interoperability in WIC agencies across the country while helping Montana enroll more eligible people into WIC.