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Commission approves WIC staffing change to broaden hiring pool, reduce part-time breastfeeding counselor hours
Summary
Cole County commissioners approved a change to the WIC nutritionist position title to allow dual allocation as a "competent professional authority" and approved reducing the breastfeeding peer counselor role to part time to improve hiring prospects and clinic flow.
Cole County commissioners voted to approve staffing changes in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program that county staff said are intended to ease recruiting for a vacant nutritionist/dietitian position and improve clinic flow.
County public-health staff told the commission the WIC nutritionist/dietitian position has been vacant for about six months and the county has struggled to recruit for the certified role. Staff said the…
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