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WIC Program Is Helping More Martha’s Vineyard Families Thanks to Grant (CAI)

“Locally, things have also changed because last year the Martha’s Vineyard Health Imperatives received a grant in partnership with the Island Grown Initiative to fund the Island’s WIC program.”

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Rutgers New Jersey Medical School’s WIC Program Receives $597,638 to Reach More Families (RLS Media)

“Rutgers New Jersey Medical School’s (NJMS) WIC Program has been awarded a $597,638 grant to implement a WIC Community Innovation and Outreach Project (WIC CIAO). WIC CIAO is supported by…

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USDA Funds 36 Projects Aimed at Connecting Families to WIC (Today’s Dietician)

“FRAC deeply appreciates the opportunity and support from USDA to ensure this vital program is available and accessible to all who need it,” said Luis Guardia, president of FRAC. “WIC…

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Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment to Announce $1 Million Grant Sept. 13 (University of South Dakota)

“The announcement will include representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), South Dakota Department of Health and USD. Attendees will learn more about outreach efforts, plans for parent participation…

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Hunger Task Force Hosts Roundtable Discussion on WIC Program (WTMJ-TV)

Earlier this year, Hunger Task Force was one of 36 national organizations (and the only one in Wisconsin) selected to receive a $220,000 grant. “The WIC grant is coming from…

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WIC Says “Hello” (Food Bank News)

“WIC CIAO, which also includes UnidosUS, Native American Agriculture Fund, and Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition, views food banks as playing a potentially large role in closing the WIC gap,…

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Grant Awarded to Local Women’s and Children Program (Good Times Santa Cruz)

“The non-profit applied for this grant to help expand reach to immigrant and farmworker families and increase WIC enrollment in the area. Out of 84 California agencies providing WIC assistance,…

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Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr Talks Major USDA Grant on COMMUNITY CONNECTION (Bartlesville Radio)

Chief Hoskin said, “This federal program provides nutrition education, food, baby formula, breastfeeding support and other essential help for pregnant and postpartum mothers, infants and children up to 5 years…

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Federal grant Funds Santa Cruz County WIC Outreach to Immigrants and Farmworkers (Lookout Santa Cruz)

“Selected as one of only 36 programs nationwide, and one of two in California, Community Bridges’ WIC program emerged victorious in the highly competitive WIC Community Innovation and Outreach Project…

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Expanding WIC Services for Healthier Cherokee Families (Yahoo! News)

“Cherokee Nation operates WIC on our reservation in northeast Oklahoma, and we know our program improves the health of Cherokee families. Now I am proud to announce an expansion of…

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