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It’s that time of the year again! We are asking for your feedback to our State WIC office via the annual Customer Service Survey. This survey provides valuable feedback to the State WIC office to help ensure that we are meeting the needs of our local agencies. In the past this feedback has helped us justify funding increases, technology advancements and so much more.
The survey can be completed by all staff members at our local agencies and is completely anonymous. We will have the survey available for the next couple of months and will send out reminders via our weekly newsletter.
Please utilize the following link to complete the Customer Service Survey: https://mdphhs.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eXVZ0FmdQYAjr5I [mdphhs.az1.qualtrics.com]
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The Montana Breastfeeding Learning Collaborative (BLC) is Montana’s premier conference on infant nutrition and lactation support. This learning event provides attendees with professional development opportunities and current clinical and practical lactation support knowledge. This conference will be held at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort on May 19th-20th, 2025. The target audience is physicians, nurse practitioners, lactation specialists, WIC clinic staff, public health professionals, hospital staff, health clinic staff, dietitians, nurses, and other interested healthcare advocates.
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Please visit the conference website to register, www.umt.edu/ces/conferences/blc [umt.edu].
Use code: WIC2025 to waive registration fee. A peer counselor meeting will be held prior to the conference on Monday, May 19th.
Booking a room: The state office will NOT be covering the cost of rooms this year. However, still mention Breastfeeding Learning Collaborative when booking to get the group rate.
If you are interested in exhibiting at the conference, please complete the following questionnaire, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LF6JWDG [surveymonkey.com]
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We are inviting anyone who is part of the work of Montana’s Child Welfare System to participate in a Statewide Assessment Survey, as part of Child and Family Service Division’s Child and Family Services Review (CFSR), which we are in the midst of, currently. The CFSR process has two phases: the first is the Statewide Assessment, and the second is the onsite Federal Case Review, which will take place in Billings, Great Falls and Missoula, this August 2025.
This Statewide Assessment Survey allows all CFSD staff, stakeholders, parents, youth, foster/adoptive/guardianship families and others to share their experiences with Montana’s Child Welfare System; so that we can enable the Federal Children’s Bureau to: (1) determine Montana’s conformity with federal child welfare requirements; (2) learn about the experiences of children, youth, and families receiving child welfare services in Montana; and (3) assist Montana in enhancing their capacity to help children and families achieve positive outcomes.
Your feedback is valuable to the current and future work of Montana’s child welfare system to improve safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for children and families. This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. The survey closes on March 18, 2025, 5pm.
Survey Link: MontanaSWA-CFSR-R4Survey
General Fact Sheet Flyer: CFSR_General_Fact_Sheet PDF
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Montana Association of WIC Agencies (MAWA) is a non-profit organization formed in 1996 for and by local agency staff across Montana. MAWA’s mission encompasses the work we do as an association: Through collaboration, advocacy, and support, we inspire a unified voice of the Montana WIC community to assure quality services.
March signals the time of year local agency staff are invited to renew MAWA membership or become new members. Membership dues are $15 per person and are a WIC allowable expense. Montana Association of WIC Agencies Membership Form
The spirit of the MAWA community is support for each other and the people we serve. This year, the MAWA Board has voted to offer three $500 mini-grants to local agencies. If you’ve been wanting to start a vegetable garden outside of your WIC office, do cooking demonstrations using WIC foods, or something else innovative, please complete this mini-grant application! https://forms.office.com/g/YvmSdEmrQ3
MAWA is here for you. Please reach out to us if you have any questions, mawamontanawic@gmail.com.
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Risk Code 359: Recent Major Surgery, Physical Trauma, Burns
Defined as major surgery, physical trauma or burns severe enough to compromise nutritional status.
Any occurrence:
- Within the past two (≤2) months may be self-reported.
- More than two (>2) months previous must have the continued need for nutritional support diagnosed by a physician or HCP working under the orders of a physician.
Example: This risk code must be added to a postpartum woman’s certification if the delivery was by c-section.
What WIC Can Do:
- Provide education and supplemental food that can help ensure that the individual is in good nutritional health prior to the surgery, physical trauma, or burn.
- Assure vitamin and mineral intakes meet RDAs.
- Assure that energy and protein intake preserve lean muscle mass and body weight.
- Recommend the participant speaks with their HCP about a multivitamin supplement when diet alone cannot meet the RDAs for vitamins and minerals.
- Refer to community resources for smoking cessation, support groups, food assistance, and safe living environments.
- Refer to a lactation educator if having trouble breastfeeding following a c-section.
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