WIC Local Agency Conference Call
Review the WIC Local Agency Conference Call - November 16, 2022, minutes.
Emily Gomez will be moving to a new position outside the Minnesota Department of Health. Please join us in congratulating Emily on her new endeavor. Her last day will be Tuesday November 29, 2022.
Emily joined the state WIC office in May 2015 as the WIC Vendor Training and Support Manager. During her time in the Food Delivery Unit, she played an integral role in the preparation of Vendors for the roll-out of eWIC. In February 2021, she moved to the MIS & Data Unit as the MIS Data Analyst and Software lead. In this position, Emily just completed the large undertaking of organizing and leading Local Agency and State staff participation in the first round of UAT, where she ensured that over 1000 test scenarios were completed during this round of testing.
As your first point of contact for HuBERT related questions, please continue to contact the MN WIC Help Desk at 1-800-488-8799,2,2. Direct any concerns not resolved by the Help Desk to Tami Matti at tami.matti@state.mn.us.
Local Agency WIC Calendar - check out upcoming trainings and meetings.
Local agency staff should talk to their supervisor for approval before registering for training.
Registration Open: Strength-based, Body-positive Approaches to Nutrition Education
Description: In this presentation, Laura Hooper, PhD, MS, RD will introduce nutrition education strategies that engage WIC participants using a strengths-based, body-positive approach. She will also provide recommendations for reducing weight stigma experienced by participants.
Registration: Registration will be completed in the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Learning Center.
NOTE: You will need to log into the Learning Center then will be directed to the event.
For a complete list of MDH’s upcoming events and available pre-recorded trainings, search on the WIC Local Agencies Continuing Education Page under MDH Live Registrations and MDH On Demand Learning.
The Week Ahead
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WIC Regional Meetings (8:30 a.m. EC, 9 a.m. SC, 9:30 a.m. NE, 10 a.m. NW) |
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1 p.m. WC WIC Regional Meeting |
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Find new job opportunities on the WIC Job Postings webpage, including a WIC - Health Services Supervisor position with Hennepin County.
Submit job postings using the WIC Job Postings survey.
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