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WIC Friday Facts is a weekly electronic newsletter targeted to local WIC agencies. If you are interested in submitting information to Friday Facts, contact Vicki Dagenais at (800) 532-1579.

Current Issue

April 26, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • Policy 350.30 - Participant Appeals
  • Neocate Infant Formula with DHA/ARA
  • Authorized Vendors in your area
  • New Employee IWIN Training Scenarios
  • Burmese Tornado Safety Poster
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

Archive Issues

April 19, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Policy and Procedure Manual - Policy 215.30 - New Today Terminations
  • Is that formula USDA Approved?
  • “Iowa WIC Program Formula Product Guide”
  • RD Position at Broadlawns
  • It’s Only Natural
  • Immunization Report
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

March 29, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Policy and Procedure Manual - Policy 215.30 - Other Automatic Terminations
  • Full-time Dietitian Position
  • Ineligible by Income Report
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

March 15, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Policy and Procedure Manual - Policy 215.30 - Terminations - Terminations for Categorical Ineligibility
  • WIC Income Guidelines
  • New Credential option for Registered Dietitians
  • Iowa Early Learning Standards
  • Healthy Lifestyles Conference
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

March 1, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • Pending Terminations - From the WIC Certification Policy and Procedure Manual - Policy 215.30
  • Enrollment Report
  • Dates to remember
  • Available formula

February 22, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 215.72 Blood Tests
  • wichealth.org update
  • WHO Growth Chart Training Reminder
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

February 8, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 300.17 Collecting Fraud and Abuse Data
  • Text Messaging
  • Breast Pumps Issued Report
  • Maternal Nutrition Workshop - March 27, 2013
  • Breastfeeding Workshop - March 28, 2013
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

February 1, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 320.50 Civil Rights Training Physical Presence at Certification -- Annual Civil Rights Training is checked for all staff during the administrative on-site review and office visit.
  • What is PRAMS?
  • Good Luck to Sharon McDonald-Williams
  • Breast Pumps Due Report
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

January 25, 2013 - Issue 166  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.15 Physical Presence at Certification Subsequent Certifications for Children
  • Certifying a VOC participant before their VOC has Expired
  • Interpreter Needs Report
  • EBT Process in Surrounding States
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

January 18, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.15 Physical Presence at Certification
  • Initial WIC Certification
  • Nutrition and Wellness Handbook
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

January 11, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.15 Physical Presence at Certification
  • NETC
  • “Healthy Eating for Preschoolers” Revised
  • Food and Nutrition DVDs available
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

January 4, 2013  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.14 Precertification of Pregnant Women What You Need to Know About WIC & Your Pregnancy
  • Summary of Participant Appointments by Appointment Type
  • eWIC
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

December 21, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • Breastfeeding Mom’s and Baby’s priorities should be aligned
  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.14 Precertification of Pregnant Women Change in Categorical Status Before Certification
  • MyPlate in Spanish
  • Newsletter
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

December 14, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.14 Precertification of Pregnant Women Mailing WIC Identification Cards
  • Clinic Activity Report
  • WIC Grant Opportunity
  • Collecting Breastfeeding Data
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

December 7, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.14 Precertification of Pregnant Women
  • Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to Families Seeking Qualified Candidates
  • Johnson County Social Media Assessment
  • CHNA.org - Free Community Health Needs Assessment Tool
  • Missed Appointment Report
  • Loving Your Family - Iowa
  • A New Look for WIC New Employee Training (NETC)
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

November 30, 20112  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.14 Precertification of Pregnant Women - Requirements for Using Referral Data (2 of 2)
  • Clinic Flow, Think Outside the Box
  • New Name for Gerber Good Start 2 Soy
  • A New Section - It Works for Me
  • New School Lunch Guidelines & School Breakfast
  • My Plate
  • Appointment Status Summary Report
  • Approved Foods List
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

November 2, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.14 Precertification of Pregnant Women Requirements for Using Referral Data (1 of 2)
  • IWIN Alternate Phone Update
  • Feeding Your Baby Magazine Series for Participants
  • Compliance Report
  • Implementation Advanced Planning Document (IAPD)
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

October 26, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.14 Precertification of Pregnant Women (2 of 2)
  • Check Description Changes
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

October 19, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Certification Manual - 215.14 Precertification of Pregnant Women (1 of 2)
  • New Name for Nutramigen AA
  • Living a Healthy 2012 - October Calendar
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

October 5, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.12 A Your Rights and Responsibilities as a WIC Participant
  • Health Care Days
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

September 28, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Certification Manual- 215.12 What You Need to Know About the WIC Program
  • Food package Changes
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

September 21, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.12 Certification Appointment Process
  • What is Prams?
  • Benzocaine
  • Communication & Rapport Building Skills Workshop-October 30, 2012
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

August 31, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.12 Identification Cards
  • Information - Images of products
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

August 24, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.12 - Precertification of Priority II Infants - Mailing Checks
  • Congratulations
  • 2012 Nourish Iowa Award
  • Gerber Good Start Soy Transition
  • EBT Update
  • Dates to Remember

August 10, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.12 Precertification of Priority II Infants
  • EBT offline vs Online
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

August 3, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.10 WIC Program Explanation for Participants
  • ID folders
  • RD Position at Broadlawns
  • Baby Behavior Webinar opportunity
  • Infant & Child Nutrition Workshop - August 29, 2012
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

July 27, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.08 Notification of Ineligibility Status
  • New Community Health Consultant
  • July 31st New Employee Training Cancelled
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

July 20, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.08 Notification of Eligibility Status
  • FDA Bans BPA in Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups
  • Medical Cards
  • 2012 Iowa WIC Training
  • EBT Update
  • Keep your Baby Smiling Handout Replaced
  • New Food Flyers
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

July 13, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.06 Automatic Terminations
  • Online Nutrition Education Webinar
  • Secretary Concannon Visit
  • Don’t forget to keep in Mind…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

June 29, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.06 Certification Periods
  • EBT Update
  • Help Desk Update
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available formula

June 22, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.06 Certification Periods
  • Real Meal Deal
  • The WIC Works State Sharing Gallery is new and improved!
  • 2012 National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course
  • Dates to Remember
  • Formula Update
  • Available Formula

June 8, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.06 Partially Breastfeeding
  • Save the Date
  • One Year Child Certification Conference Calls
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

May 25, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.06 Participant Categories and Certification Periods
  • Nutritionist Part-time
  • Whole grains, Milk, and Child Feeding Messages
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Formula Update
  • Available Formula

May 18, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.06 Certifying Breastfeeding Participants Who Become Pregnant
  • IRIS Training
  • Toddlers, Smoke and Allergies
  • My Plate
  • Current issues in IWIN
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

May 5, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 215.06 Participant Categories and Certification Periods
  • Health Centers in your State
  • One Year Child Certification Conference Calls
  • EBT Update
  • Don’t forget…
  • Formula Name Change
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

Aprill 20, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • Iowa Family Planning Network 2012
  • Free Training
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

April 13, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual -120.10 Status Report on Outreach Plan for FFY2011 Action Plan 2
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

April 6, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 120.10 Status Report on Outreach Plan for FFY2011 action Plan 1
  • Hunger Hits Home
  • Healthy Life Conference
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula
  • Attachments

March 30, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 120.10 Outreach Action Plan 2. Iowa WIC Rebranding
  • Going to the NWA Annual Conference in Denver?
  • Income Guidelines
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

March 23, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 120.10 Action Plan 1. One Year Child Certifications
  • Helpdesk Requests
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

March 16, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 150.10 Training Plan FFY2012 Calendar of Events
  • New Formula in IWIN
  • WIC Help Desk Staff Announcement
  • EBT Update
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

March 9, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 140.10 Status Report on Food Delivery Plan for FFY2011
  • Participant Education and Cereal Purchases
  • New WIC Logo
  • WIC Income Guidelines
  • Don’t forget…
  • FNS Website
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

February 24, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 140.10 Action Plan 1. Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Planning
  • Cash Value Vouchers
  • Delivering WIC Food Benefits via EBT
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

February 17, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 140.10 Food Delivery & Data System Plan for FFY2012
  • Food Package Changes
  • IWIN Update
  • Verizon HotSpot/CradlePoint
  • Maternal Nutrition Workshop - March 29, 2012
  • Breastfeeding Workshop - March 30, 2012
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula
  • Agenda, Registration, and Map

February 10, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 110.10 Special Populations
  • Dates to Remember
  • NWA is Collecting WIC Impact Stories from Every State/ITO
  • Available Formula

February 3, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 110.10 Needs Assessment
  • Renastart Recall
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

February 3, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Program Goals Manual - 110.10 Needs Assessment
  • SharePoint - New Password Reset System
  • Iowa Barriers to Prenatal Care 2010 Data Available
  • Breastfeeding Education for Iowa Communities
  • Don’t forget
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

January 13, 2012  Adobe Acrobat File

  • Update: In-State reimbursable lodging rate
  • Testing of Enfamil Newborn infant formula
  • Online Pediatric Nutrition Course
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

December 30, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC State Operations - 410.30 Funding Shortage
  • New Formula Added to IWIN
  • Food Insecurity Data website & County Interactive Map Website
  • You Can Use the New SuperTracker to Customize Your Diet and Physical Activity
  • Poverty and food needs profiles offer county data
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

December 16, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC State Operations - 410.20 Nutrition Education Costs
  • Save the Date for Breastfeeding Education for Iowa
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula
  • Flyer

December 9, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC State Operations - 410.10 Procurement
  • New Community Health Consultant
  • Breastfeeding Scenarios Needed!
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

November 25, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC State Operations - 410.05
  • Accountability for Formula Rebate Funds
  • IWIN Preferred Language List
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

November 18, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC State Operations - 410.05 Reimbursement
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends to “Turn off the TV and Talk to Your Child under Two”
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Formula Updates in IWIN
  • Available Formula

November 4, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC State Operations - 410.05 Financial Management
  • Non-Discrimination Poster
  • WIC Learning Online Update
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

October 28, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 390.30 Homeless Facilities
  • Facebook Ad
  • WIC Policy Information Online Plans
  • Food Recalls and Consumer Alerts
  • New Formulas in IWIN
  • Civil Rights Training Online
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

October 21, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • Homeless Participants
  • Thank you Elva Olson and Reta Sickles!
  • View-only Version of IRIS

October 7, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 390.10 Proteus Employment Services
  • Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters Mini-Grant Application for Shopping Matters
  • Call for Applications: Spring 2012 Safe Routes to School Mini-grants
  • USDA Launches MiPlato: A Visual Reminder to Help Spanish-Speaking Consumers Make Healthier Food Choices
  • New Materials at the Clearinghouse
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

September 30, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 390.10 Migrant Participants
  • C is for Cooking
  • Resources
  • Don’t forget…
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

September 16, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • Apple Juice and Arsenic
  • New Nutrition Education Materials
  • Blue Zones Community
  • FDA warns consumers not to eat Rock Ford Cantaloupes shipped by Jensen Farms
  • Dates to Remember
  • Don't forget...
  • Available Formula

September 9, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.80 Training Breastfeeding Peer Counselors
  • Food Safe Families - Check Your Steps
  • Program Expands Effort to Build Maternal and Child Health Infrastructure and Capacity in Health Plans
  • Just in Time Parenting eNewsletters - information and tips to help parents in their important role of caring for their children
  • EBT Update
  • Breastfeeding Education for Iowa Communities
  • Dates to Remember
  • Don’t forget…
  • Available Formula

September 2, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.75 Recruiting Peer Counselors
  • National Food Safety Education Month
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

August 26, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.75 Hiring Breastfeeding Peer Counselors
  • New Formulas in IWIN
  • Job Opportunity at IDPH
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

August 19, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.70 Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Programs in Iowa
  • EBT Update
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

August 12, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.60 Clinic Environment
  • 2011 WIC Contractor’s Meeting
  • Looking for Roommate at CLC Training
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

August 5, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.50 Evaluating Nutrition Education Materials
  • Clarification of IDPH Hotel contract reimbursement rates
  • New ISU Extension Program
  • WIC Serves 53 Percent of All Infants Born in the United States
  • Seeking a Registered Dietitian
  • New from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Is your Drinking Water Missing Something?
  • Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week by taking two brand new free online courses from the WIC Works Resource System
  • EBT Update
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

July 22, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.30 Medical Reimbursement for Nutrition Services
  • Look before You Lock Program and Contest
  • Breaking News: IOM Releases Recommendations for Women's Prevention Services
  • Become a Champion to End Hunger
  • Childhood Obesity Posters
  • Quick Health Data Trainings- please share with your grantees and colleagues!
  • Price Look-up Codes (PLU codes)
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

July 15, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.25 Nutrition Services for Special Populations
  • Extra Income Guidelines
  • National WIC Association - Washington Update - Safer Fruits and Vegetables: FDA Aims to Set Production Standards
  • Iowa Parks Need Your Help, for Free!
  • 2011 Food & Health Survey Webcast
  • Clinic Pre-EBT Survey Results
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

July 1, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.20 Participant Input
  • Extra Income Guidelines
  • Local Agency Recognition Program- Request for Comments Published
  • Formula Update
  • EBT Update
  • Dates to Remember
  • Formula Available

June 17, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.15 Breastfeeding Linkages
  • Hannah Auberg - IDPH Summer Intern
  • Extra Income Guidelines
  • Healthy Kids, Healthy Future - A Resource on Health Promotion and Obesity Prevention in Early Care and Education
  • Body & Soul Health Fair
  • Participant Name Report
  • EBT Update
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

June 10, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.15 Breastfeeding Linkages
  • Extra Income Guidelines
  • WIC Contractor’s Meeting
  • MyPlate Replaces MyPyramid
  • Participant Count Report
  • Kentucky’s Online EBT System Visit
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

June 3, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.10 Local Agency Nutrition Education Needs Assessment
  • Extra Income Guidelines
  • Stay Connected and Involved with FNS
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula

May 27, 2011  Adobe Acrobat File

  • From the WIC Services Policy and Procedure Manual - 380.01 Nutrition Services Documentation
  • Extra Income Guidelines
  • 2009 PedNSS Summary Report
  • Text4baby State Enrollment Challenge
  • SimplyThick: Public Health Notification - Risk of Life-Threatening Bowel Condition
  • Annual State Plan Public Comment Period
  • Authorized Vendor Report
  • Enfamil EnfaCare - Change in Can Size
  • Michigan EBT Visit
  • Dates to Remember
  • Available Formula