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July 23, 2020

WIC UPDATE WEBINAR

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Welcome – Terri Trisler Opening remarks – Paul Throne Announcements – State staff Food and formula update – Katie Harding-Mendez Participant Survey - Remote Services – Carolyn Conner High Risk Participants report - Margaret Dosland Questions and answers – Heidi Feston

Today’s Agenda

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Reproduction Rate of COVID-19 in Washington

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Number of COVID-19 tests that are positive

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Contact Tracing

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Still unclear what reopening will look like We are working on plans as quickly as we can We have plenty of food and administration funds to keep WIC

• perating smoothly

Food supplies are stable Stores are open WIC is open and proving that remote services WORK! State budget is tight. WIC is federally funded so we hope we will not see impact.

Looking ahead for Washington WIC

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We have a powerful state advocacy organization – Nutrition First We have a strong national network through NWA Our delegation is firmly behind WIC Child Nutrition Reauthorization WIC Act New proposals coming from lessons learned

• Remote services
• Shopping options
• Flexibility

Future planning

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2020 Annual NWA Virtual Conference held June 24-25 – Jacqueline Beard

• Be sure to view sessions by July 31st
• Contact confsupport@nwica.org if you need help

Equipment replacement – Todd Mountin

• Travel restrictions will delay normal equipment

replacements

• Laptops will replace desktops

Follow-up: masks during pregnancy – Cathy Franklin

Announcements

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Follow-up: Masks During Pregnancy

https://www.coronavirus.wa.gov/about

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Food Updates

Food item Rationale Eggs

• Allowed: brown, cage free and
• rganic eggs
• Not allowed: Pasture raised

and eggs with Omega-3 and or DHA

• In the early days of COVID there was wide spread shortages of eggs. We

expanded the list to include brown, cage free and organic eggs. Many clients are now buying these foods and they are widely

• available. Removing them at this point in time would cause confusion

for retailors and participants.

• We didn’t add Pasture raised and eggs with Omega-3 and or DHA due to

cost and limited availability. Yogurt

• Allowed: Greek yogurt
• Whole milk yogurt for children

age 1 or participants with a MDF for whole milk yogurt

• Not allowed: Organic yogurt
• We added Greek yogurt due to requests for this product and to increase

buying options for participants.

• We didn’t add organic yogurt due to some products being very high cost.

Milk

• Not allowed: Organic milk and

A2 milk

• We didn’t add organic milk due to cost.
• We didn’t add A2 milk because the container size is only 59 oz.

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 19kcal/oz formulas are changing to 20kcal/oz  Can size changes but there is no change to the yield (still 90 fluid

• z/can)

 Medical Documentation Form will no longer be required for:

• Similac Sensitive
• Similac Total Comfort
• Similac for Spit Up

 Look for the following updated materials:

• Medical Documentation Forms
• Formula Yield Chart
• Formula Guide
• WIC Approved Formulas Tool
• WIC Approved Formula Graphics Tool
• Website updated to reflect changes

Formula Updates

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When do we expect these changes to take place?

Release Date Formula UPC Change to 20 kcal/oz New Unit Size New UPC October 2020 Similac Sensitive Powder (12.0 oz) 070074575414 Yes 12.5 No Change October 2020 Similac Sensitive RTF (32

• z)

070074575346 Yes N/A No Change October 2020 Similac Total Comfort Powder (12.0 oz) 070074626000 Yes 12.6 No Change December 2020 Similac For Spit Up (12.0

• z)

070074509600 Yes 12.5 oz No Change

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Survey live - Tuesday 7/21 WICShopper App

• Banner
• Button
• Message with links

Participant Survey – Remote Services

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 State WIC Webpage

Participant Survey – Continued

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Nutrition First Webpage Survey Closes - Monday 8/31 Q&A

Participant Survey – Continued

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List of Currently Eligible High Risk Participants Report

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High Risk Designation in Cascades

 Currently Active status at time the report is run.  Designated as high risk

• At certification, the participant has a nutrition risk that puts them

in a high risk status.

• At certification, the participant isn’t high risk based on the nutrition

risk(s) selected. Using professional discretion, the certifier selects the “High Risk” radio button on the Certification Summary screen before selecting the Certify button.

• Participant wasn’t certified as high risk, however, a nutrition risk was

identified later in the certification that designates a high risk status.

Staff Tool: Nutrition Risk Factors

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HR Appointment Types

 Three RD appointment types:

• Registered Dietitian (RD)
• MSS-RD
• Nutrition Education–RD (NE-RD)

 Cascades doesn’t decipher:

• If appointment completed was really an RD appointment.
• If staff use the RD appointment types for other types of

appointments for the RD.

• If a high risk care plan was actually written in the

participant’s file.

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Sample of Report

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Consider:

 Using only RD appointment types for High Risk appointments with the RD.  Canceling the RD appointment and adding participant as a walk-in if the participant isn’t receiving a HR appointment.  Adding an alert when HRCP is written.

Questions?

Contact us with your questions: Policy Support phone: 1-800-841-1410, press 3, then press 1

• r email at wicpolicysupport@doh.wa.gov

Your Local Program Consultant (LPC) or email at wiclpc@doh.wa.gov

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Who to Contact for Questions

• State COVID Assistance Hotline:

1-800-525-0127

• Text the word “Coronavirus” to 211-211 for updates on your

phone

• Ask a question: DOH.information@doh.wa.gov

Multilingual Resources

• Coronavirus.wa.gov
• Health education materials in 26 languages
• DOH-Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (COVID-19)

Stress due to COVID-19 Washington Listens – talk to someone about stress due to COVID-19

• Call 1-833-681-0211. Language services available.
• Available Monday-Friday 9 am to 9 pm and weekends 9 am to 6

pm A Healthy Dose of Information

• Public Health Connection – DOH blog posts
• WIC Remote Services – forms, policies, tools for remote services
• WA WIC Memos posted on the:
• Local Agency SharePoint page
• Nutrition First website

COVID-19 Resources for WIC Staff and Participants

To request this document in another format, call 1-800-525-0127. Deaf or hard of hearing customers, please call 711 (Washington Relay) or email civil.rights@doh.wa.gov.