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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,148,472 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) TO PROVIDE BREASTFEEDING PEER COUNSELING (BFPC) AND SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION SERVICES THROUGH THE WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN (WIC) PROGRAM AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Presented by: Adrienne Byrne-Lutz, Interim Director, Health Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the award; authorize the Chairman to sign the award document and establish budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline:
The Health Department has managed the WIC Program in Sedgwick County (SC WIC) for the past 40 years. WIC is a federal program administered by the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture that provides healthcare and nutrition focused services to:
a) Women who are pregnant, post partum, or currently breastfeeding; and
b) Infants/children under the age of five.
WIC services include: nutrition education, immunization screenings, breastfeeding support and promotion, referrals to community and medical services and supplemental foods.
Services provided by the WIC BFPC Program include:
a) Education and exploring infant feeding plans with the pregnant women enrolled in the WIC program;
b) Teaching a free monthly breastfeeding class - which is open to the public for women wanting more information on breastfeeding; and
c) Assisting WIC clients, who have recently given birth, with simple breastfeeding issues that arise after discharge from the medical centers and referring women back to their physician for
more complex issues.
The combination of the mother-to-mother support, along with other breastfeeding support activities, has positively influenced the number of women choosing to breastfeed their babie...
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