Free summer meals for kids resource
Please consider sharing this information with WIC families. Hunger Impact Partners is promoting free summer meals for Minnesota kids and the SUN Bucks summer EBT program as the school year ends.
- Families can download the Free Meals for Kids mobile app to find free food serving sites across the state. The app is powered by GPS and shows locations of schools and community sites providing meals, with days and hours of operation, and provide distance and directions from the user’s location. The app is updated regularly.
- The Summer EBT program, SUN Bucks, provides $40/month for families with school-aged children who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals.
The resources are linked in the Food and Nutrition section of the Additional Support for WIC Families webpage.
2025 Title V Maternal and Child Health Statewide Needs Assessment
Local agencies can share their input by taking the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Needs Assessment survey.
The assessment's goal is to determine at least one priority for each of the Title V populations (infant/perinatal health, child health, children and youth with special health needs, adolescent health, and women/maternal health) in which to focus state and local public health over the next five years.
Take the survey:
The survey closes June 7.
Webinar available: Revisions in the WIC Food Packages Final Rule
USDA Food and Nutrition Service has a recording of a webinar available that provides an Overview of WIC Food Package Final Rule (YouTube). FNS hosted the webinar April 16, and recently published a recording on its YouTube channel.
Registration available for two new breastfeeding trainings
Registration is now open for two new breastfeeding trainings:
- Lactation Pain Management: Symptoms, Causes & Solutions on Wednesday, July 17, 8 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
- Untangling Low Milk Supply on Tuesday, August 13, 8 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Visit the MWR OA Grant-Funded Breastfeeding Trainings website to sign up for these and all our other WIC sponsored lactation trainings for 2024.
Register for: “Improving the Health of WIC Participants through the Nutrition Assessment: Enhancing Nutrition Assessment Skills”
Webinar Date: Friday, June 21, 8:30-10 a.m.
Description: Building off our previous webinar, Improving the Health of WIC Participants through the Nutrition Assessment: Practical Applications, this presentation is a deep dive into elevating CPA proficiency in conducting comprehensive nutrition assessments. Our speaker, Melissa Nelson, will continue to explore the intricacies of the nutrition assessment, equipping staff with the knowledge and tools necessary to perform nutrition assessments that ensure the highest quality of care for WIC participants.
Objectives:
- Tailor nutrition assessment questions to the unique needs of each participant.
- Identify when and how to appropriately discuss growth with participants.
- Use the nutrition assessment to gain an understanding of a participant’s typical eating behaviors and patterns.
- Effectively use tools available to conduct quality nutrition assessments.
Register:
Improving the Health of WIC Participants through the Nutrition Assessment: Enhancing Nutrition Assessment Skills
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Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinar registration
Register for the May 2024 Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinar "Documentation for the Lactation Consultation" presented by Sekeita Lewis-Johnson, DNP, FNP-BC, IBCLC. Registration is open to watch whenever and wherever.
Approved for 1 L-CERP, 1 nurse's contact hour, 1 social work CE hour, 1 community health worker CEU, and 1 certified health education specialist CECH, and 1 CME until April 19, 2025.
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Michigan Breastfeeding Network transitioned to a new learning management system for the Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinars. Visit glbw.thinkific.com and make an account/log into existing account to view new and existing webinars.
Local agency staff should talk to their supervisor for approval before registering for training.
The Week Ahead
Check out upcoming trainings and meetings: Local Agency WIC Calendar
Find new job opportunities on the WIC Job Postings webpage. This week includes:
- MDH WIC Program Vendor Food Specialist
Submit job postings using the WIC Job Postings survey.
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