The FoodWIse team is in full planning action mode for the next fiscal year, which starts in October 2024 and ends in September 2025. We are definitely planning ahead. Part of the planning process is to assess our community to ensure that our program engages with SNAP-eligible community members.
Partners are key for our program planning because most of the work that FoodWIse does is through them. We know that partners know their audience better, and through them, we can provide meaningful multilevel engagement to their clients.
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Brown County FoodWIse taught a nutrition series of three lessons to Freedom House Ministries residents. Freedom House Ministries offers emergency shelter, food, basic hygiene items, support, and comprehensive programming to help families get back on their own.
Four participants and their children were able to join the nutrition program. In the three lessons, participants reinforced their knowledge about healthy eating and budget-friendly strategies. Participants of the program were able to cook a budget and nutritious meal.
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FoodWIse facilitated four workshops about healthy snacks for Boys & Girls of Greater Green Bay staff to help them recognize the role of snacks in the diet of youth and adults alike. A total of 38 staff members of Boys Girls participated in a single lesson. Each group was able to make their power snack balls. We appreciate the invitation and the engagement from the Boys and Girls Club staff.
FoodWIse is an active community partner with the B&G Club of Greater Green Bay, offering nutrition series for Howard, Danz, and Ft Howard elementary afterschool programs.
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Double Dollars program for the state!
Regarding childhood obesity prevention and management Assembly Bill 1013 was passed on March 22, 2024. The bill will help families stretch their grocery budget and prioritize purchasing fruits and vegetables. It will also increase the purchasing of local produce, helping our economy, farmers, and agricultural workers.
A healthy diet is key to preventing heart disease, stroke, and other diseases. Fruits and vegetables can be expensive when you are on a tight budget, especially for families struggling to make ends meet and this will help provide the support to make healthy choices.
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Updates to the WIC Food Packages
With an effective date of June 17, 2024, WIC food package will be changed to better align with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and to reflect recommendations from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine while promoting nutrition security and equity and considering program administration.
The changes are intended to provide WIC participants with a wider variety of foods that align with the latest nutritional science; provide WIC state agencies with greater flexibility to prescribe and tailor food packages that accommodate participants’ special dietary needs and personal and cultural food preferences; and address key nutritional needs to support healthy dietary patterns. This rule provides foods in amounts that are more consistent with the supplemental nature of the program; encourages fruit and vegetable consumption; and strengthens support for individual breastfeeding goals to help establish long-term breastfeeding.
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FoodWIse education is funded by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program– SNAP and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program - EFNEP.
An EEO/AA employer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title VI, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act requirements
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