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By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostThe Andrew County Health Department was recently awarded a grant of more than $397,000 to implement a WIC Community Innovation and Outreach Project, or WIC CIAO.The project is supported by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, and it aims to build outreach strategies to increase participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.Jayne White, Director of Clinical Operations at the Andrew County Health Department, says Andrew County was one of 36 agencies selected for this grant in a pool of 150 applicants."We worked through the application and process and dreamed big with some of the projects in partnering with some other entities for some services within our program and ultimately applied," White said. "We were lucky enough to be one of the 36 that (USDA) chose."White says this project will expand partnerships and use census data to reach families in areas where there's likely a higher percent

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