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2012 WIC Association Conference Great Success
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2012 WIC Association Conference Great Success!
Some 367 providers, consumers, advocates and support staff attended the April 2012 Annual Conference of The WIC Association of NYS, Inc. Response was overwhelmingly positive. In addition to the Conference attendees, thirty-two (32) exhibitors were on hand to display goods and services important to the WIC community.
Among the highlights were an address by the Reverend Douglas Greenaway, Executive Director and CEO of The National WIC Association and the roll-out of the newly revised WIC Association website, monthly e-letter and Facebook page.
Conference attendees are urged to visit the NYSWICA webpage and click on to the Survey Monkey link to complete their conference evaluations. Also available on the webpage are the handouts from Dr. Stephen Cook’s presentation: Obesity Perception vs. Reality: Communicating with Providers and Parents.
Obesity Perception vs. Reality
Communicating with Providers and Parents by Stephen Cook, MD, MPH, FAAP, FTOS - PDF available here.
Position Paper on 2011-2012 WIC Funding
Funding Recommendations
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The WIC Association of NYS urges Congress fund the WIC program at an annualized funding level of
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