READINESS COORDINATOR NETWORK

March 26, 2015

AGENDA

Status of MIS / EBT Implementation

Rutland Pilot Update

Participant Resources

District Office Report Out

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STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATIONCERES AND EWIC

Round 2 User Acceptance Testing nearly completed.

Rutland DO continuing pilot planning.

Notification materials for participants and grocers nearly complete.

Rutland grocer network identified; application packages out to rest of state.

Xerox and WIC Central team working on eWIC readiness for chains and independent retailers

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These are posted online at: http://

healthvermont.gov/wic/RCNResources.aspx#M

aterialsforFamilies

Card image, sleeve, and instructions

Grocery shopping list

Store window decal

Coming Soon flyer, postcard, and poster

Learning session guide

Family appointment card

PARTICIPANT RESOURCES

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RUTLAND PILOT UPDATE

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What have superusers done to introduce Ceres to their colleagues? 

What questions do staff have after seeing a demo?  What suggestions do they have?

Are there areas where RCN members/superusers think we need to focus extra training?

Have superusers identified any additional defects or change ideas?

DISTRICT OFFICE REPORT OUT

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Any questions or problems? Learnings, comments? Due March 27th Thanks again for your help

GATHERING FOOD PRICES

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Bi-monthly updates posted on the WIC Webpage – past reports archived also

“CANNED” UPDATES FOR PARTNERS

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NEXT RCN MEETING: APRIL 23 12:30 PM-1:30 PM

April: WIC Card 101 – Promoting Change to Families

Coming months: May: New foods, food packages, food guide and grocery list June: Keeping foods coming (keep families from losing

benefits), appointment cards, group ed invitations July: Nutrition education workgroup findings / report out August: Policy/procedure changes, reports, forms, crosswalk

from current to new September: Countdown to rollout

Each month: Rutland Pilot Report

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