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Having a workforce that is engaged, productive, and can adapt and innovate to meet the changing needs of families is of paramount importance to WIC.

The University of Minnesota Extension will partner with USDA, WIC workforce, and partnering organizations to identify effective WIC staffing models for diverse WIC contexts.

The staffing models will include: necessary roles and responsibilities of all levels of WIC positions; the experiences, skills and competencies needed to successfully accomplish the roles and responsibilities; processes and strategies for supporting organizational change to adopt effective staffing structures; and provide learnings for leaders and supervisors to develop skills to monitor the impact of staffing change efforts.

Impacts of change efforts will include staff's ability to deliver effective WIC services to diverse communities, job satisfaction and morale, and lower turnover.

As part of the work to develop an effective staffing model, important learning resources will be developed to support the growth of existing workforce to meet future needs of WIC.

The efforts to understand effective WIC staffing models will help to identify critical skills and competencies that may need to be improved or developed.

Quarterly WIC-wide learning opportunities will provide a system for testing educational resources and models that can be used for developing the WIC workforce into the future.

Regents Of The University Of Minnesota

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10.244 - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – National Workforce Strategy Development

Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition (IFSN) [USDA - NIFA]

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-2009 United States

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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Workforce - Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center (USDA-NIFA-WICWD-010773)