WIC Futures Study Group                     

 

March 19, 2008

MACO Building, Downstairs Conference Room

2715 Skyway Drive, Helena, MT

 

AGENDA

 

Project Purpose:  To evaluate and revise the WIC service delivery system to provide effective, efficient, and high quality services to the greatest number of participants possible.

 

Desired Outcomes of this meeting:

By the end of this session –

·       Participants will hear from the WIC Regional Office representative and receive answers to their questions;

·       Federal mandates/areas where the state may interpret directives and develop approaches will be clarified;

·       The group will have a clear understanding of the State WIC budget;

·       Data form the state epidemiologist will be reviewed;

·       An understanding of examples of current county support to the WIC program will be gained; and

·       An agenda for the next meeting will be developed.

 

Decision-making method:  Consensus with minority report

 

 

What

 

 

How

 

Who

 

Time

 

Opening Comments

 

 

Present

 

Joan Bowsher,  DPHHS WIC Director

 

 

10:00 a.m.

 

Introductions

 

Round Robin

 

Facilitator/Group

 

10:05

 

Review of the Agenda

 

 

Present/Discuss/Agree

 

 

Facilitator/Group

 

 

10:15

 

Perspectives from the Regional

WIC Office

 

 

Present/Discuss/

Q and A

 

Jean Liekhus, Program Director

USDA Food Nutrition Service

Mountain Plains Region WIC

 

 

10:30

 

What Federal Regulations and/or Standards Can Be Left to State Interpretation?

 

 

Present/Discuss/

Q and A

 

Jean Liekhus, Regional Program Director

Joan Bowsher, Montana WIC Director

 

 

11:45

 

LUNCH (provided)

LUNCH

LUNCH

12:30 noon

 

Montana WIC Program Budget

 

 

Presentation/Q and A

 

Dale McBride, Joyce Taranik,

DPHHS

 

 

1:00 p.m.

 

WIC in Montana – Notes from the Epidemiologist

 

 

 

Presentations/Q and A

 

Diana Frick, Epidemiologist, Family and Community Health Bureau, DPHHS

 

 

2:30

 

Local Support Provided to WIC

 

 

Panel Presentations

 

Ellen Leahy, Missoula County

Lora Weir, Teton County

Riki Handstede, Hill County

 

 

3:00

 

Report on State query:  “What are the five biggest time-takers in WIC service delivery?”

 

 

Present/Discuss

 

Joan Bowsher, Montana WIC Director

 

3:30

 

Agenda for Next Meeting

 

 

Discuss/Decide

 

Facilitator/Group

 

3:45

 

Public Comment

 

Request

 

Facilitator

 

4:15

 

Wrap Up/Evaluation

 

 

Plus/Delta

 

Facilitator/Group

 

4:30

 

Adjourn

 

 

Declare

 

Group

 

5:00 p.m.

   

MAP

 

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Montana Association of Counties (MACO), 2715 Skyway Drive, Helena, MT