Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program: Phase I Report (2001)
Chapter: Appendix B: Meeting and Workshop Agendas
APPENDIX B
Meeting and Workshop Agendas
First Panel Meeting
December 8, 2000
Room 130
Green Building
2001 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
AGENDA
Friday, December 8
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OPEN SESSION |
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10:45 |
Coffee and refreshments available |
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11:00 |
Welcome and Introductions |
David Betson, Panel Chair Barbara Torrey, Executive Director, CBASSE Andy White, Director, CNSTAT |
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11:15 |
The Charge to the Panel |
Cindy Long, Branch Chief, Special Nutrition Staff, Office of Analysis Nutrition and Evaluation, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA |
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11:45 |
Overview of the WIC Program |
Debbie Whitford, Branch Chief, WIC Program & Policy Development, Supplemental Food Programs Division, FNS |
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12:30 |
Lunch, Refectory |
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1:45 |
Methodology for Estimating WIC Eligibility and Participation and Estimation Issues for Review |
Cindy Long, Food and Nutrition Service Anne Gordon, Mathematica Policy Research |
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3:00 |
Coffee Break |
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3:15 |
Other Viewpoints Concerning WIC Eligibility Estimates |
Robert Greenstein Leighton Ku Center on Budget and Policy Priorities |
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4:00 |
Open Discussion Period |
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4:45 |
Reception, Green Building North Lounge |
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Second Panel Meeting
March 15–16, 2001
Holiday Inn of Georgetown
2101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
AGENDA
Thursday, March 15
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8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 |
Welcome and Introductions |
David Betson, Panel Chair Andrew White, Director, Committee on National Statistics |
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9:15 |
Session I |
Estimating the Number of Infants and Children with the CPS and SIPP |
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Chair: |
David Betson |
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Presenter: |
Gregory Spencer, Chief, Population Projections Branch, Census Bureau |
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10:30 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Session II |
Income Variability, Adjunct Eligibility, Data Timeliness and Estimates of the Number of Income Eligible Infants and Children |
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Chair: |
Karl Scholz, Panel Member |
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Presenter: |
Linda Giannarelli, Urban Institute |
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12:15 |
Lunch |
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1:30 |
Session III |
Recent Trends in Breast Feeding Rates |
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Chair: |
Julie DaVanzo, Panel Member |
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Presenter: |
Booker Smith, Ross Laboratories |
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2:30 |
Break |
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2:45 |
Session IV |
Nutritional Risk Estimates |
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Chair: |
Alicia Carriquiry, Panel Member |
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Presenter: |
Marie Louise Harrell, Sigma One Corporation |
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3:45 |
Open Discussion Time |
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4:30 |
Adjourn |
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Friday, March 16
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8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 |
Session V |
WIC Office Administration and Program Participation: A Panel Discussion with State WIC Directors |
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Moderator: |
Carol Suitor, Panel Member |
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Roundtable Participants: |
Phyllis Bramson-Paul, California Department of Primary Care and Family Health Alice Lenihan, North Carolina WIC Program Frank Maisano, Pennsylvania Department of Health Peggy Trouba, Nebraska Health and Human Services |
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10:30 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Session VI |
Food Stamps, Medicaid and WIC Participation and Implications for Estimating WIC Participation |
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Moderator: |
Janet Currie, Panel Member |
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Session Topics and Participants: |
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Food Stamps Participation |
Carole Trippe and Allen Schirm, Mathematica Policy Research |
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Medicaid Participation |
Jenny Kenney and Lisa Dubay, The Urban Institute |
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WIC Participation |
Michael Brien, University of Virginia |
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Roundtable discussion of the implications for WIC participation |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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1:30 |
Session VII |
Administrative Data Collected through the WIC Program |
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Chair: |
Paul Buescher, Panel Member |
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Presenter: |
Julie Kresge, Food and Nutrition Service |
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2:15 |
Session VIII |
Workshop Summary and Open Discussion Time |
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Chair: |
David Betson, Panel Chair |
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3:00 |
Adjourn |
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