RIAF Update
Exhibit 2-C: Request to Increase Administrative Funds (RIAF) has been updated with directions on downloading the document.
July Advisory Group meeting notes
Review the July 22, 2024, Advisory Group Meeting (PDF) for notes. Reach out to your advisory group representative if you have any questions.
Back-to-school outreach
Many back-to-school events occur throughout August and September. Connect with your local community partners to either attend events or provide outreach information about WIC and how to enroll. Community partners can order WIC outreach brochures and posters using the WIC Materials Order Form or agencies can order for them through Brush Art. Brochures and posters are available in English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong, and Karen.
Betty Hubbard Maternal and Child Health Leadership Award call for nominations
Do you know an outstanding maternal and child health hero?
The Minnesota Department of Health and the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Advisory Task Force are now accepting nominations for the 2024 Betty Hubbard MCH Leadership Award (Betty Hubbard). The Betty Hubbard Award was established in 1990 to honor and memory of Betty Hubbard, a longtime advocate for health needs of mothers, children, and families.
The Betty Hubbard MCH Leadership Award recognizes individuals or organizations in Minnesota making significant contributions to maternal and child health outcomes. The award is presented in two categories:
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Statewide level: recognizing a nominee’s contributions to maternal and child health with outcomes at a statewide level.
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Community level: recognizing contributions to maternal and child health with outcomes that impact an entire community or a targeted population within a community.
The nomination process consists of three easy steps:
Submission deadline is Sept. 11, 2024.
To learn more about the Betty Hubbard MCH Leadership Award, the nomination process and how to nominate that exceptional person or organization visit: Betty Hubbard MCH Leadership Award or send an email with your questions to health.mch@state.mn.us.
Pumping: topic of the month
Many lactating parents express their milk at some point during their breastfeeding journey. The reasons for expressing human milk can vary from building up a freezer stash, increasing milk supply, having milk for others to feed baby, being away from baby for work/school, or inability to feed baby directly from the breast/chest. Pumping: topic of the month (PDF) will help staff support our pumping participants at WIC.
Local Agency Spotlights for Breastfeeding and Chestfeeding Awareness Month
Anoka County WIC: WIC and Hospital Collaboration
During the pandemic connections with community partners in breastfeeding support were lost for Anoka County WIC. Anoka was able to use a grant from Coffective to increase collaboration with the local birth hospital to help reestablish partnerships and support staff lactation education.
The project includes training for select hospital staff in clinical lactation support through the CLC course. In addition, Anoka WIC is hosting a lactation speaker at Mercy hospital free of charge to anyone in the hospital and community. Anoka hopes this project will improve engagement in our local Anoka County Breastfeeding Coalition by highlighting our coalition and inviting attendees to join the event.
Anoka County welcomes all to their free event at Mercy hospital. Refer to Supporting Parents with Infant Feeding in the First Week flyer for more information or contact Lisa.White@anokacountymn.gov.
We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. Since the opening of the first clinic in 1974, WIC has been committed to improving maternal and child outcomes.
The August WIC 50th Anniversary Partner Toolkit (PDF) is ready and includes a breastfeeding education video, and social media graphics, and sample social media post language.
Check out the WIC 50th Anniversary webpage for additional resources.
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Local agency staff should talk to their supervisor for approval before registering for training.
WIC training conference – speaker spotlight
As we countdown the days until the MN WIC 2024 Training Conference on Sept. 26, we’re highlighting what attendees can expect from the knowledgeable speakers and their presentations.
This week’s speaker spotlight is William Moore, CPE and doula. William is presenting It Takes Two: Engaging Fathers Prenatal and Postpartum during the conference.
William Moore is the first male doula and lactation educator in the history of the state of Minnesota. He has been a practicing certified perinatal educator for the last six years and is current race and health equity administrator for Ramsey County. He also serves as a maternal health consultant nationally for public health departments, health care agencies and non-profits.
Register for the conference: 2024 Minnesota WIC Training Conference Registration
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Annual immunization webinar
August is National Immunization Awareness Month. In observance, please join vaccinate your family, the National WIC Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Thursday, Sept. 19 at noon for a free webinar to discuss the importance of vaccinations, vaccine recommendations for children and pregnant women, answers to common vaccine questions, and more. This annual webinar is created specifically for WIC staff.
Registration: 2024 Immunization Webinar for WIC Staff
When available, a link to the recorded webinar will be added to WIC Works for those who are unable to attend the live session.
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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