The Family Nutrition Program's mission is to support Alaskan families in making nutrition decisions for life-long health and well being through:

• Science-based nutrition education
• Breastfeeding support
• Delivery of supplemental foods through Family Nutrition Programs:
  • Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC)
  • Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSCF)
  • Farmer's Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)
  • Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed)

     

Items of Current Interest:

• Alaska WIC Program - FY14 Revised Proposed Program Changes
  
• WIC MOV Teleconference, January 9, 2012 (mp3, 30mb)
• WIC Region 1- Anchorage Teleconference, January 11, 2012 (mp3, 35mb)
• WIC Region 2- Southwest Teleconference, January 13, 2012 (mp3, 30mb)
• WIC Region 3- Fairbanks and Interior Teleconference, January 17, 2012 (mp3, 40mb)
• WIC Region 4- Yukon-Kuskokwim, Western and Northern Teleconference, January 18, 2012 (mp3, 23mb)
• WIC Region 5- South Central and Southeast Teleconference, January 19, 2012 (mp3, 50mb)
• General Teleconference Comments Report (pdf)
• Mail Order Vendor Teleconference Comments Report (pdf)
• Anchorage Executive Summary (pdf)
• Interior Executive Summary (pdf)
• Northwest Executive Summary (pdf)
• Southwest Executive Summary (pdf)
• Southeast Executive Summary (pdf)
• Gap Analysis 2010 (PDF)
• VIDEO:Alaskan Women Share Their Thoughts on Breastfeeding (vimeo.com)

Text4Baby

Text4Baby is a new resource for pregnant mothers. This is a service designed to provide free, health –related text messages to pregnant women and new mothers. Women who sign up for this service by texting BABY to 511411 will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth. Visit the WIC Resources page with outreach information for Text4Baby.

Please view the WIC Authorized Food List October 2012 to see the new foods that are being added.

• New Alaska WIC Food List
• Redeeming Fruit and Vegetable Vouchers
• General Questions and Concerning Fruit and Vegetable Vouchers

Breastfeeding Resources

• Breastfeeding Promotion and Support News Article (doc)
• Breastfeeding Anticipated Questions (doc)
• Breastfeeding Promotion and Support: Things to Prepare For (doc)
• Breastfeeding Promotion and Support: New Food Package Details (doc)
• Breastfeeding Promotion and Support: Possible Counseling scenarios (doc)
• Breastfeed Right From the Start (doc)
• Breastfeeding Resources
• Grand Rounds Presentation
• Upcoming Food Package Changes for Infants on WIC- Bulletin Board
• Food Package Changes and Lay Out for Bulletin Board (doc)
• Breastfeeding Promotion and Support Cover Sheet for Materials (doc)

ENPR Toolkit

• ENPR Form (pdf)
• Summary of Changes to Medical Documentation (pdf)
• Medical Documentation for Infants and Children (pdf)
• Medical Documentation for Women (pdf)
• Monthly Allowances for Children and Women in Food Packages IV-VII (pdf)

Nutrition Education Materials

• WIC New Foods Brochure
• Major Changes to the WIC Foods
• Totally Breastfeeding WIC Foods
• Partially Breastfeeding WIC Foods
• Postpartum WIC Foods
• Infant WIC Foods
• Child WIC Foods
• Pregnant WIC Foods

Background Information

• Interim Final Rule – USDA Food and Nutrition Services
  http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/regspublished/foodpackages-interimrule.htm
• USDA WICWorks Learning Center New Food Package Resource Center
  http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Learning_Center/Food_Packages_Education.html

:: Information about the FDA peanut product recall ::

Other Items Of Interest

• WIC Program Expansion to South Anchorage
• Alaska WIC Business Process Review (2006)
• Alaska WIC IS Feasibility Study 2008
• Alaska Strategic Plan June 2007
• Alaska FNP Strategic Plan 3-30-06
• Preliminary PC2006 WIC Report
• Western Region value Enhanced Assessment Final Project Report Summary
• Western Region value Enhanced Assessment Final Project Report
• WIC Data
• WIC Grantee Caseload & Funding Formula
  Analysis

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