WIC EBT Feasibility Study and Cost‐Benefit Analysis

Virginia Department of Health WIC EBT Feasibility Study and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Category 2: Nutrition Services
Strategic Goals for Nutrition Services Paperbased
Issuance
e-WIC
Improve the delivery and quality of nutrition education. 3.3 4.0
Improve the VDH position to implement food package changes. 3.7 4.7
Improve food package cost containment. 4.0 5.0
Overall Benefits 3.7 4.6
e-WIC Differential 0.9
Category 3: Information Systems
Strategic Goals for Information Systems Paperbased
Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of program operations through the use
of automated data processing and services.
e-WIC
Issuance
1.0 4.7
Enhance the data gathered from WICNET. 4.0 4.7
Support the multi-State collaborative process to develop a replacement system
for managing WIC services.
4.7 4.7
Enhance strategies to layout the groundwork for development of the
replacement system.
Improve customers' ability to access and utilize internet-based WIC
information and services.
Help ensure that all critical reporting needs and requirements are met in a
timely and accurate manner.
4.3 5.0
1.0 5.0
3.7 4.0
Overall Benefits 3.9 4.7
e-WIC Differential 0.8
Category 4: Organization and Management
Strategic Goals for Organization and Management Paperbased
Improve the ability of State and local WIC staff to provide efficient quality
services to WIC participants.
e-WIC
Issuance
4.0 4.3
Improve organizational staff utilization. 4.3 5.0
Improve the ability to respond to disasters. 3.7 3.3
Help ensure a seamless delivery of WIC services in the event of a declared
disaster.
3.7 3.3
Help codify policies and procedures of the Virginia WIC Program to support
and expedite certain Program operations.
3.7 4.0
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