WIC Advisory Group meeting
The next WIC advisory group meeting will be held virtually on Monday, Jan. 22. Refer to the WIC Advisory Group webpage for the agenda.
WIC social media channels one-year anniversary
The MN WIC Facebook and MN WIC Instagram pages launched one year ago this week. Thank you to all of the local agency staff taking time to interact with our posts. It's so helpful to have you share our content with your social media followers. Every share counts!
Please like and follow our pages if you haven't already. We're hoping to continue growing our following, because it gives us a valuable tool to reach current and potential WIC families.
Thank you for your support!
National WIC Association (NWA) recipe books – action needed
The 50th anniversary WIC cookbooks have now shipped to agencies. As a reminder, MN WIC purchased some of these cookbooks for distribution to WIC families.
- They will be sent directly to each grantee with the address we have on file.
- Cookbooks were distributed based on caseload.
When each grantee receives their books, please complete the NWA Recipe Book survey to confirm your receipt and if any were damaged in shipping.
Please reach out to your State WIC Consultant with any comments or questions.
Local agency staff should talk to their supervisor for approval before registering for training.
2023 WIC training recap
WIC celebrates another successful year of training and professional development. Throughout 2023, WIC coordinated and hosted five live virtual trainings that reached over 800 individuals. The recorded sessions were then made available for staff on our MDH Learning Center and many more have continue to access them there.
WIC also made the USDA Breastfeeding Curriculum available to provide competency-based training for all levels of staff through virtual live training and self-study options. In the past two years, over 500 staff have taken the training, with 128 completing the four levels to become trained as Designated Breastfeeding Experts (DBE). DBEs will be in each WIC agency to support participants and staff with complex lactation questions and concerns.
NOTE: Each of the trainings mentioned above are available for continuing education credits.
There has been positive feedback throughout the year from many of our attendees. Below we share a few comments:
- “It was so great that she shared how to apply the information she presented on. I feel that many webinars will share information but don't include how to put that information into our practice and this speaker did a great job of showing us how to us the information with our clients.” – Intuitive Eating: Promoting Positive Attitudes and Behaviors Within Families
- “Really enjoyed the deepness especially pretraining to historical trauma. Anybody working w/ Indigenous communities needs to know and understand those events. It is of course hard to listen to but it's essential. I appreciated the mental breaks.” – Weaving the Understanding of ACEs, Historical Trauma and Resilience for Healing in Indigenous Communities and Beyond
- “Thank you for this presentation. I found it to be extremely valuable and I have learned very beneficial information and tips/tricks that I will be able to take back and utilize with our participants. I Loved the tips on distraction and the suggestion of phrasing to kids that we are going to see if their blood is strong. Thank you for the resources you posted, I especially appreciate the example of local agency guidelines for low hemoglobin.” -The Valuable Role WIC Staff Play in Preventing and Addressing Iron Deficiency Anemia
- “This training touched on so many aspects of breastfeeding from normal to problem solving with potential breastfeeding challenges. I was happy to learn more about hands on pumping and anatomical structural concerns that I was not familiar with prior to this training. I appreciated the self- paced aspect of this training as well.” –Level 2 Breastfeeding Curriculum
Thank you to everyone who helped make these trainings possible and to those who attended and made them a success. We look forward to sharing more engaging content with you in 2024!
The Week Ahead
Check out upcoming trainings and meetings: Local Agency WIC Calendar
Find new job opportunities on the WIC Job Postings webpage.
Submit job postings using the WIC Job Postings survey.
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