Kathleen Wayne
Family Nutrition Program Manager
FNP Mission Statement:
To support Alaskan families in making nutrition decisions for life-long health and wellbeing.
WIC Staff and Services Information
Programs are funded annually by approximately $25 million in federal grants from the US Department of Agriculture:
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) *
($22,800,000) provides supplemental foods, breastfeeding promotion and counseling, review of immunization status, general health assessment, and general and high-risk nutrition counseling to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women and children age 0 to five years old. Applicants must meet income and nutrition risk criteria.
Average Monthly Caseload: 25,097 (SFY06)
Average Food Package Cost: $46.00
Average number of WIC Warrants issued each month:
Average Participant Duration: 18 months
17 Grantees with 29 Clinics
Average monthly food redemptions (contributed to local economy): $1,447,600.
• WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program ($203,200) provides vouchers for WIC participants to purchase locally grown fruits and vegetables at Farmers’ Markets. Program has grown from issuing coupons worth $22,000 in 1998 to $189,515 in 2006. Program serves 16,000+ participants in Anchorage, Mat-Su, Kenai, Homer, Dillingham, Fairbanks & surrounding areas.
• Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program ($67,800) provides coupons to low income-eligible seniors to purchase locally grown fruits and vegetables at Farmers’ Markets. Program is offered in Anchorage/Mat-Su and Fairbanks region with 2500 participating seniors.
• Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) ($130,300) offers food packages to income-eligible seniors, pregnant/postpartum/breast feeding women and children up to age six years old. Programs located in Anchorage/ Mat-Su and Fairbanks. Program started in FY 03 with 1199 participants each month and has grown to 2277 in FY 2006. Senior citizens make up 85 percent of the caseload.
• Alaska Food Coalition ($65,000) Membership includes 30 non-profit and faith-based agencies working everyday to help feed hungry Alaskans in Fairbanks, Anchorage, Kenai, Soldotna, Nome, Dillingham, Bethel, Juneau, Kodiak, and many more.
Family Nutrition Programs in Alaska
|
Statewide Target Population |
Alaskan Natives, working poor, and homeless |
|
Areas identified for Capacity Building |
Mat –Su, Southeast Fairbanks, Bethel , and Southeast Alaska |
Nutrition Themes
|
1 st quarter |
2 nd quarter |
3 rd quarter |
4 th Quarter |
|
Play Time So Good For Me |
Water, Water So Good For Me |
Five A Day the Alaska Way |
Family Meals and Breastfeeding: The Heart of Good Eating |
nbsp; WIC Caseload
|
FY |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
% change |
|
Women |
71,259 |
74,982 |
71,650 |
74,007 |
3.28% |
|
Infants |
73,107 |
76,124 |
71,646 |
72,048 |
0.56% |
|
Children |
161,772 |
168,342 |
162,323 |
155,508 |
-4.38% |
|
Total |
306,088 |
319,448 |
305,619 |
302,340 |
-1.08% |
Note: Revised caseload figures as a result of long term over count error.
Breastfeeding Rates FFY 2006
|
|
Initiation |
6 Months |
12 Months |
|
|
Health People 2010 National Goals |
75% |
50% |
25% |
|
|
Alaska WIC |
84% |
46% |
25% |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2005 National Immunization ( NIS ) Breastfeeding and Duration Rates