The Women, Infants and Children program will be undergoing changes in the next few months as staff try to enhance the organization\u2019s services, Josephina Tudela, the program administrator said. <\/p>\n
Tudela said she hopes the two renovated buildings on Navy Hill that will house the new clinic will be ready to move into in September. The clinic is currently located in the Commonwealth Health Center. <\/p>\n
The new clinic will help WIC reach its maximum caseload of 4,500. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re still trying to get there,\u201d Tudela said. <\/p>\n
WIC currently has more than 3,000 clients, up from the 1,400 the organization had at the end of November 2007, she added. <\/p>\n
But the clinic needs reliable power, something that has not been regularly available on Navy Hill, where the WIC administration building is located, Tudela said. <\/p>\n
She said the Department of Public Works is examining alternative sources of power, such as windmills. <\/p>\n
WIC is also looking to fill two positions, a registered dietician and a nutritionist, that have remained open since the organization\u2019s inception in August 2007, Tudela said. There is currently one registered dietician on staff. <\/p>\n
\u201cThose are classified as hard to fill positions,\u201d Tudela added. <\/p>\n
Although Tudela told The Saipan Tribune last year she had hoped to offer WIC\u2019s services to Rota and Tinian by October of this year, it will not be possible, she said. Tinian currently has access to WIC, but Rota will not have access to the services until November. <\/p>\n
WIC staff members are currently training for the implementation of a new software system, Arizona in Motion, which will expedite the organization\u2019s record keeping. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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