The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is seeking applications for its Substance Use Prevention Education in the WIC Program to develop trainings and resources to assist State and local agency WIC staff when addressing substance use prevention and referrals with WIC participants.
Donor Name: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/08/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves income-eligible pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers WIC at the Federal level. At the state level, WIC is administered by 89 State agencies including all 50 states, 33 Indian Tribal Organizations, and American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. WIC provides participants supplemental foods, nutrition education, including breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health care and other social services. WIC staff delivers substance use education as part of the nutrition education and referral benefit.
Substance use among pregnant individuals contributes to low birth weight among newborn infants and infant mortality. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690) requires “drug abuse” (hereafter referred to as substance use) education for WIC participants by amending the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to include:
- substance abuse among health problems covered by such Act;
- substance abuse education along with the nutrition education provided under such Act; and
- substance abuse education and instruction relating to such education under specified requirements for State plans.
Through this opportunity, FNS seeks to support WIC State agencies in delivering substance use education through the development of technical assistance and training that reflects current substance use prevention practices.
Objectives
- Trainings
- The awardee, in cooperation with FNS, will develop and deliver train-the trainer trainings on substance use prevention in WIC to support staff who provide drug and harmful substance use information and referrals to program participants.
- Revise the WIC Substance Use Prevention Guide
- The awardee will review and revise the Substance Use Prevention Screening, Education, and Referral Resource Guide to reflect updated evidence based information and terminology. Content must be consistent with federal agency recommendations (HHS SAMHSA, CDC, NIDA, etc.) and incorporate plain language and destigmatizing language throughout.
- Develop Online WIC Staff Training Course
- The awardee will develop an online interactive WIC staff training course (e.g., Self-study videos).
- Create Participant Education Materials
- The awardee will create a minimum of two participant education materials to assist WIC staff. These materials will be made available by FNS to WIC staff through the publication ordering process and should be available as printable PDFs.
- Present Outcomes
- Develop and present education materials to FNS National Office and Regional Offices that reflects outcomes of trainings and recommendations.
Funding Information
- Total amount of funding expected to award: $1,550,000.
- Maximum award amount (award ceiling): $1,550,000.
Project Period
September 2024 – September 2027
Eligibility Criteria
Entities not meeting the eligibility definitions will be deemed ineligible and removed from competition without further consideration. The following are eligible entities, which are described in more detail below:
- Eligible entities are accredited United States’ universities and colleges that are publicly or privately funded institutions of higher education.
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