We provide valuable educational content for all levels of WIC staff through professional development courses, webinars, and training resources.
We invite NWA members to explore our various WIC-related webinars. We offer webinars on Thursdays from 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET unless otherwise noted. See below for a schedule of upcoming webinars.
You can also register for upcoming webinars and watch our archived webinars on-demand on the NWA Online Community Webinars Group. The community, including recordings of archived webinars, is for Local and State WIC agency staff with active NWA membership ONLY. If you have issues accessing the online community, please email us at [email protected].
To attend NWA webinars, you must register in advance. The links below will take you directly to registration. Upon completing your registration, you will receive a confirmation email. If you don't see that email, please check your spam/junk mail folder. We strongly recommend you add [email protected] and [email protected] to your email safe senders list to be sure you get your confirmation and other important emails about the webinar.
Interested in presenting a webinar? You are welcome to submit a webinar idea to NWA here! The National WIC Association welcomes proposals from all. Submissions from WIC staff, WIC participants, or those featuring WIC staff or WIC participants as co-presenters will receive preference in the review process.
Date: Thursday, August 14th, 3:00pm ET
Title: Protecting WIC Participant Data
Description: Access to federal program participant data has become a hot topic. Join this webinar to learn more about federal data privacy laws, current issues around data sharing, and how you can protect WIC participant data.
Speakers: Elisabet Eppes, Senior Program Manager, Center for Budget & Policy Priorities, Madeline Wiseman, Counsel, National Student Legal Defense Network, Rebecca Piazza, Former Senior Advisor for Technology and Delivery, USDA FNS, Melissa Maitin-Shepard State Advocacy Consultant, National WIC Association Founder and Principal, MMS Health Strategies, LLC & Ali Hard, Director of Public Policy, National WIC Association
Protecting WIC Participant Data awards 1.00 CPEU in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.
Date: Thursday, August 21st, 3:00pm ET
Title: WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program: Implementation Toolkit
Description: Join us for an overview of the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP): Implementation Toolkit, developed as part of the Increasing Access to Healthy Food through Farmers’ Markets initiative, funded by the Elevance Health Foundation. The webinar builds upon insights from the FMNP Landscape Scan Report, offering a deeper look into the facilitators, barriers, and promising practices of FMNP, electronic FMNP (eFMNP) and Cash Value Benefit (CVB). These findings served as a foundation to highlight effective tools and strategies that WIC Agencies from around the nation have used to enhance FMNP delivery. Explore how the Toolkit supports implementation across core focus areas, including farmer engagement, participant education and redemption, technology, and funding.
Speakers: Hanna Griffin, Research and Evaluation Manager, National WIC Association
WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program: Implementation Toolkit awards 1.00 CPEU in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.
All live attendees will receive the following within approximately one week of the live webinar broadcast:
Have a webinar question or idea? Email us: [email protected].