App.KK_Thank you letter - State Not Selected

OMB Approval No. 0584-XXXX

Approval Expires: XX/XX/20XX

Appendix KK

Thank you letter – State not Selected

DATE

STATE WIC DIRECTOR NAME

ADDRESS

Dear [State WIC Director],

Earlier this year you responded to a request for information about WIC sites in your State that were identified as potential sites for the WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study II, called Feeding My Baby – A National WIC Study.  Thank you for providing the information and contributing to the process for selecting sites for the study.  We are sending this note to update you on the study. 

We have now selected a sample of 80 WIC sites from the list created with the information provided by your State Agency and 41 other State Agencies nationwide.   We have been working with the sites selected to discuss their participation in the study.  At this time, we have completed the initial discussions with the sites and have confirmed the 80 study sites which are located in 27 State Agencies.  While we appreciate your assistance in creating the list of potential study sites and your willingness to have sites in your State Agency participate in the study, we will not be including sites in your State Agency in the study.

Again, thank you for your interest and assistance with selecting sites for the study and we look forward to sharing the findings from the Feeding My Baby study with all State Agencies.   

Sincerely,

Gail Harrison, PhD

Principal Investigator, Feeding My Baby

Linnea Sallack, MPH, RD

Altarum Institute Study Coordinator

Feeding My Baby, a National WIC Study is sponsored by the Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

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