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The State WIC Office will be sending a Teletask message to all current WIC participants in December regarding the new food package. This message will go out December 30th. The message will be, “Food packages are changing on January 1st. Please check your balance before shopping by using the WICShopper app, logging in to www.mybnft.com, or contacting your local clinic at (clinic phone #).”
If you have any questions, please email MontanaWICProgram@mt.gov
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State Office staff are traveling to the NWA conference November 17-21 and the following week is Thanksgiving. Responses, supply orders, and formula orders sent to the Montana WIC program email may be delayed due to coverage. |
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Today is the last day to submit your Nutrition Education form to the State Office.
The state office received nutrition education items for FY25. If your agency would like to order, please fill out the attached form and return to montanawicprogram@mt.gov. Any order placed after November 15th may not be shipped due to limited quantities.
Nutrition Education Form
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Risk Code 151: Small for Gestational Age
Defined as: Infants and children less than 24 months of age diagnosed as small for gestational age.
Presence of condition diagnosed, documented, or reported by a physician or someone working under a physician’s order, or as self-reported by applicant/participant/caregiver.
What WIC Can Do:
- Offer breastfeeding support and refer to the WIC Designated Breastfeeding expert, or other professional breastfeeding support when needed.
- Provide anticipatory guidance about potential feeding challenges.
- Encourage caregivers to provide skin-to-skin contact for infants.
- Provide education on safe preparation, handling, and storage of breast milk and/or formula.
- Communicate with parents/caregivers in a way that is supportive and nonjudgmental. Frame the discussion to make achieving a normal growth pattern a shared goal of the WIC Program and the parent/caregiver.
- Offer referrals based on the needs of the household, including financial assistance, food assistance, housing, transportation, childcare, adult education and substance use services.
- Offer more frequent follow-up appointments to monitor growth, as appropriate.
- Tailor the food package to meet the nutritional needs of individual participants.
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Kansas: On Friday, September 13, 2024, Kansas WIC was part of a team that hosted a delegation of eight Colombian officials representing the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Commerce and INVIMA. During the visit information was provided on Federal, State, and Local roles supporting WIC operations. The visit also included a WIC clinic tour, a mock client appointment, and a visit to an approved WIC vendor. This event was a part of the delegation’s week-long visit to other Federal agencies and Universities to inform Colombian regulators and policymakers of good regulatory practices and evidence-based nutrition policy options as they work to promote healthy diets and address diet related non-communicable diseases such as obesity. |
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