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Transcript of R EADINESS C OORDINATOR N ETWORK February 26, 2015.
READINESS COORDINATOR NETWORK
February 26, 2015
AGENDA
Status of MIS / EBT Implementation
Rutland Pilot Update
Gathering food prices
Preview: participant notification materials
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STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATIONCERES AND EWIC Round 1 User Acceptance Testing completed.
149 issues identified by testers 62 cancelled – User questions resolved
33 closed – resolved, retested, passed
42 resolved– will be retested in UAT round #2 (R2 will start March 2)
12 assigned – 10 submitted to the Mountain Plains User Group (issues with base code of transferred systems); 2 are being worked on by WIC Central staff
Rutland DO continuing pilot planning.
Notification materials for participants and grocers being developed.
Applications coming in from big chains and Rutland area grocers applying for authorization as WIC retail vendors. Remainder of state to apply in March.
Xerox and WIC Central team working on eWIC readiness for chains and independent retailers
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Rowell, Nancy
Please use 149 "issues" instead of defects. We actually had relatively few defects.
RUTLAND PILOT UPDATE
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Planning for second nutrition contacts WIC events Community partner events
Preparing a WIC “carnival” and learning events to introduce eWIC to participants
Superuser “Demo” of Ceres Test – mock appointment with certification and benefit issuance.
Vermont WIC must establish “Not to Exceed Pricing” for the items on our Approved Products List Required by feds as cost containment measure NTE price is set by retailer “Peer Group” (size of
store, chain vs independent) eWIC system set up to pay no more than NTE
price for each food item eWIC system collects prices charged and makes
adjustments to NTE over time We need to set the starting NTE prices
based on current prices
GATHERING FOOD PRICES
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Chain prices virtually the same statewide; prices gathered as part of WIC Authorization
Need prices for Small Chains, Large Independents, and Small Independents throughout the state
Created a Price Survey to gather this information
Organized by food categories We will use prices to calculate a fair starting
Not to Exceed price for each peer group for use in Pilot and Rollout
GATHERING FOOD PRICES
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DOs will receive final store assignments, price survey spreadsheet, and instructions by end of this week
Can be done by any DO WIC staff members (one or several persons)
Complete and return by the end of March
GATHERING FOOD PRICES
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Price Survey on Eggs:
Approved Products List (APL) for Eggs:
GATHERING FOOD PRICES EXAMPLES
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On the shelf, find the lowest priced and highest priced eggs that meet these requirements,
and put the prices here.
Price Survey for Peanut Butter
APL for Peanut Butter
GATHERING FOOD PRICES EXAMPLES
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On the shelf, find the lowest priced and highest priced PB that meets these requirements.Enter prices here
PARTICIPANT MATERIALS
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FLYER
PARTICIPANT MATERIALS
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Card
Please check the current list of authorized grocers in your region
GROCER AUTHORIZATION
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• Tell us if we should be reaching out to any not listed
• Can be in VT, NY, MA or NH border regions
• Email suggestions to [email protected]
Subscribe to our Grocer Blog: http://vermontwicebt.com
FOLLOW THE GROCER NEWS
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NEXT RCN MEETING: MARCH 26 12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Release of VT Ceres-eWIC Readiness Toolkit Rutland Pilot Planning Report
If you will miss the meeting, please review the meeting materials and contact us with any questions and suggestions http://healthvermont.gov/wic/ReadinessCoordinatorNetwork.aspx Lynne Bortree [email protected] Jeanne Keller [email protected]
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