Congress Passes Continuing Resolution to Avoid Shutdown, Fund WIC Through Mid-November



Three hours ahead of the September 30^th deadline, Congress passed and President Biden signed a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through November 17 avoid a shutdown. While that bill did not include the $1.4 in funding for WIC that the White House requested, it does allow USDA to spend WIC sufficient to serve all participants and provides for the CVB to continue at it's higher rate of $25-49/participant, rather than drop back to pre-2021 levels.  

Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the longest-serving woman ever elected to the Senate, died in her Washington D.C. home last week at the age of 90. Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the U.S. Senate seat, and she has been sworn in. 

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted in an upset led by more conservative members of his own party, upset by the Speaker for working with Democrats to avert a government shutdown. Following McCarthy’s ouster, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) was designated as speaker pro-tempore.

Call for Speakers for CWA's 32nd Annual Virtual Conference & Trade Show: Looking Forward



WIC Celebrates 50 years in 2024! Join us in providing an exceptional educational opportunity for WIC staff and community partners. The call for speakers and session proposals is live. Please also share with your colleagues and community!

This will be the California WIC Association's 32nd Annual Conference & Trade Show. We will host this event virtually May 6-10, 2024. A multi-track pre-conference will be offered on Monday, May 6, followed by a dual-track conference May 7-10.

CWA offers continuing education units for Registered Dietitians (RD/RDN), International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC/CLC/CLE), and Contact Hours for Registered Nurses (RN). We are working on providing contact hours for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and will know more in the coming months.

You would be speaking to 1,500 - 1,700 attendees, with a majority representing WIC staff from across the state, some community partners, and a few out-of-state WIC agency representatives. Questions? Please email Jodi.

Read the New Issue of CWA's WIC Watch Magazine Now!



We're pleased to share the Fall 2023 issue of the WIC Watch! This is a great opportunity to read news from CWA, local WIC agencies, and partner organizations. Have a great idea for a story? It's never too early to submit for the next issue! Contact Sarah to learn more!

More children and adolescents were diagnosed with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes annually in 2020 and 2021 compared with 2016 to 2019. Incidence rates for type 2 diabetes climbed for teens, Black youths and Hispanic youths.

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A new study found that children who received subsidized meals in child-care settings through the Child and Adult Care Food Program were significantly less likely to have household food insecurity, to have poor or fair health, or to be admitted to the hospital from the emergency room than their peers who ate meals provided by their parents while in care.

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Children of parents who expressed higher work-related stress when the children were 2 years old had lower socioemotional competency at age 4 to 5, according to recent research.

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As of last year, around one in 100 children in the United States had ever had long COVID, according to survey findings reported by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.

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