NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC Program); WIC State Advisory Board—Notice of November 12, 2024, Regular Meeting
[54 Pa.B. 7445]
[Saturday, November 9, 2024]The WIC State Advisory Board (Board), established under the WIC State Advisory Board Act (act of June 10, 2024, P.L. 387, No. 22) (act), gives notice that the next regular meeting of the Board will be held on November 12, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to collaborate to gather suggestions of strategies for increasing participation and improving the WIC program to better support participants.
This meeting is subject to cancellation without notice.
In-Person and Virtual Meeting Attendance:
Board meetings will be held in person and virtually.
In-person meetings will be held in the Willow Oak Conference Room 114A, COPA HUB Building, 2525 North 7th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110, unless otherwise noted. Individuals should RSVP to Tracey Zeigler Michelsen by close of business at 4 p.m., 1 business day prior to the meeting at tzeiglermi@pa.gov, (717) 836-3574. Upon arrival at the meeting, public attendees should sign in at the front desk in the lobby of the building and await an escort to the meeting room.
Virtual meetings will be held through Microsoft Teams or by telephonic call in. Connection information for the November 12, 2024, regular meeting is as follows:
Individuals can join at https://bit.ly/4d60VrH. The meeting ID is 247 685 052 368. The passcode is N4wX3p.
Note: The previously listed link to access the meeting does not include a period; the link ends at 4d60VrH with no period. If copying/pasting the link, do not copy any period at the end if there is one.
Individuals can join by calling (267) 332-8737. The phone conference ID is 125 479 687#. To find a local number, go to https://dialin.teams.microsoft.com/783683fb-6d69-4e8b-aa52-814e500ad7b8?id=67183553. To reset the PIN number, go to https://dialin.teams.microsoft.com/usp/pstnconferencing.
Meeting Recording:
The meeting will be recorded, so if individuals choose to attend, they are consenting to being recorded. Individuals should not attend the meeting if they do not wish to be recorded.
Meeting Agenda:
The Department of Health (Department) will post the meeting agenda on the Pennsylvania Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (PA WIC) web site at https://wic.health.pa.gov/pawic/ and distribute by e-mail no later than 24 hours before the meeting. Individuals interested in receiving a copy of the agenda may send an e-mail to ra-dhwicadvisory@pa.gov requesting to be added to the distribution list.
Meeting Minutes:
The Department will post meeting minutes on the PA WIC web site at https://wic.health.pa.gov/pawic/ and distribute by e-mail once the Board votes on and adopts the proposed final meeting minutes at the next Board meeting. Individuals interested in receiving a copy of the meeting minutes may send an e-mail to ra-dhwicadvisory@pa.gov requesting to be added to the distribution list.
Questions:
Questions about the Board may be submitted by e-mail to the Department at ra-dhwicadvisory@pa.gov.
Alternative Format Requests:
Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this listing (for example, large print, audiotape, Braille) should contact the Department of Health, Bureau of WIC, 625 Forster Street, 7th Floor West, Health and Human Services Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 783-1289, or for speech and/or hearing-impaired persons, call the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).
The PA WIC program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA is an equal opportunity provider.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement:
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and the USDA civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (for example, Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible State or local agency that administers the program or the USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact the USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at https://bit.ly/3TRbubk, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992 or by writing a letter addressed to the USDA. The letter must contain the complainant's name, address, telephone number and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410, fax (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442, Program.Intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
DR. DEBRA L. BOGEN,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-1623. Filed for public inspection November 8, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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