Res 2016-162/approving a funding contract between the City of San Marcos and the Texas Department of State Health Services providing funding for the City’s Women, Infants, and Children (“WIC”) program

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ATTACHMENT A STATEMENT OF WORK W. Implement or expand Grantee's use of a Registered Dietitian (RD) who is registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration to provide for Grantee that includes, but not limited to: assistance with quality assurance, staff training, assistance with the Annual Nutrition Education and Breastfeeding plan, individual counseling for high-risk participants, and facilitated discussion classes. X. Implement or expand the obesity grant now named the Improving the Client Experience (ICE) grant. The ICE grant will enable Grantee to develop and implement initiatives and strategies to improve the client experience and alleviate client "pain points," thus improving the quality of services and client satisfaction. Examples of Grantee initiatives to access these funds include, but are not limited to, enhancing nutrition education activities such as cooking demonstrations, gardening activities, and supermarket tours; improving the WIC participant shopping experience by using funding for vendor liaison expenses to ensure local area grocery stores are complying with policies; cultivating Grantee staff and participant collaborations by making the clinic environment more conducive to open communication with round tables, sofas, etc.; incorporating materials and methods that will improve customer service and clinic flow; and upgrading the clinic to make it more child -friendly. Grantee shall submit proposed initiatives and required reports in a frequency and format designated by System Agency for review and approval. If selected by System Agency, Grantee shall appoint a grant coordinator to oversee the implementation and evaluation of each initiative. Y. If selected by System Agency, serve as an Innovation Center to implement special nutrition education and retention projects as proposed to System Agency. Innovation Center projects include, but not limited to, emotion -based counseling techniques, telecommunication health and nutrition support via web -cam, phone, and/or e-mail, parent- child arentchild support groups, child -friendly activities, unique group nutrition education including physical activity, hands-on components, or cooking demonstrations, program evaluations, community education and outreach, and other special projects related to health and behavior change proposed by the Grantee if approved by System Agency. Grantee shall designate an Innovation Lead who is responsible for overseeing local agency staff training, implementation, and evaluation of Center activities. Grantee shall participate in activities as requested by System Agency, including but not limited to, providing observation and training activities to staff from other WIC local agencies, writing news articles, participating in training and evaluation efforts, attending workgroup meetings, and presenting progress on activities to various audiences Grantee activities will comply with written Innovation Center plan submitted and approved by DSHS which is incorporated by reference. Grantee will submit reports in a frequency and in a format designated by System Agency. Z. Grantee shall resolve all possible dual participation records each month. System Agency reserves the right to withhold payment if Grantee fails to accurately resolve all possible System Agency Contract No. 1017-04W38-0il! v. 06.22.2016 Page 4