WIC UPDATE WEBINAR July 23, 2020 Todays Agenda Welcome Terri - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WIC UPDATE WEBINAR July 23, 2020

Today’s Agenda  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 Washington State Department of Health | 2

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Reproduction Rate of COVID-19 in Washington Washington State Department of Health | 6

Number of COVID-19 tests that are positive Washington State Department of Health | 7

Contact Tracing Washington State Department of Health | 8

Looking ahead for Washington WIC  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 operating 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. Washington State Department of Health | 9

Future planning  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 o Remote services o Shopping options o Flexibility Washington State Department of Health | 10

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Announcements  2020 Annual NWA Virtual Conference held June 24-25 – Jacqueline Beard o Be sure to view sessions by July 31 st o Contact confsupport@nwica.org if you need help  Equipment replacement – Todd Mountin o Travel restrictions will delay normal equipment replacements o Laptops will replace desktops  Follow-up: masks during pregnancy – Cathy Franklin Washington State Department of Health | 13

Follow-up: Masks During Pregnancy https://www.coronavirus.wa.gov/about Washington State Department of Health | 14

Food Updates Food item Rationale • Eggs 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 • Allowed: brown, cage free and clients are now buying these foods and they are widely organic eggs available. Removing them at this point in time would cause confusion for retailors and participants. • Not allowed: Pasture raised • and eggs with Omega-3 and or We didn’t add Pasture raised and eggs with Omega-3 and or DHA due to DHA cost and limited availability. • Yogurt We added Greek yogurt due to requests for this product and to increase buying options for participants. • Allowed: Greek yogurt • • Whole milk yogurt for children We didn’t add organic yogurt due to some products being very high cost. age 1 or participants with a MDF for whole milk yogurt • Not allowed: Organic yogurt • Milk We didn’t add organic milk due to cost. • • Not allowed: Organic milk and We didn’t add A2 milk because the container size is only 59 oz. A2 milk Washington State Department of Health | 15

Formula Updates  19kcal/oz formulas are changing to 20kcal/oz  Can size changes but there is no change to the yield (still 90 fluid oz/can)  Medical Documentation Form will no longer be required for: o Similac Sensitive o Similac Total Comfort o Similac for Spit Up  Look for the following updated materials: o Medical Documentation Forms o Formula Yield Chart o Formula Guide o WIC Approved Formulas Tool o WIC Approved Formula Graphics Tool o Website updated to reflect changes Washington State Department of Health | 16

When do we expect these changes to take place? New Change to Release Date Formula UPC Unit New UPC 20 kcal/oz Size October 2020 Similac Sensitive Powder 070074575414 Yes 12.5 No Change (12.0 oz) October 2020 Similac Sensitive RTF (32 070074575346 Yes N/A No Change oz) October 2020 Similac Total Comfort 070074626000 Yes 12.6 No Change Powder (12.0 oz) December 2020 Similac For Spit Up (12.0 070074509600 Yes 12.5 oz No Change oz) Washington State Department of Health | 17

Participant Survey – Remote Services  Survey live - Tuesday 7/21  WICShopper App o Banner o Button o Message with links Washington State Department of Health | 18

Participant Survey – Continued  State WIC Webpage Washington State Department of Health | 19

Participant Survey – Continued  Nutrition First Webpage  Survey Closes - Monday 8/31  Q&A Washington State Department of Health | 20

List of Currently Eligible High Risk Participants Report Washington State Department of Health | 21

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 Washington State Department of Health | 22

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 . Washington State Department of Health | 23

Sample of Report Washington State Department of Health | 24

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. Washington State Department of Health | 25

Questions? Contact us with your questions: Policy Support phone: 1-800-841-1410, press 3, then press 1 or email at wicpolicysupport@doh.wa.gov Your Local Program Consultant (LPC) or email at wiclpc@doh.wa.gov

COVID-19 Resources for WIC Staff and Participants • Who to Contact for State COVID Assistance Hotline: Questions 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 Public Health Connection – DOH blog posts Information • WIC Remote Services – forms, policies, tools for remote services • WA WIC Memos posted on the: • Local Agency SharePoint page • Nutrition First website Washington State Department of Health | 27

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