RD407 - Crossroads Design, Development and Implementation WIC System Status Report


Executive Summary:
The Virginia Department of Health's Division of WlC and Community nutrition Services is a partner with the WIC programs in Alabama, North Carolina, and West Virginia in the Crossroads Consortium. The Consortium is one of three groups working in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to design, develop, and implement State Agency Model (SAM) management information systems which will be available for transfer to WIC programs in other states and territories.

This report details the project's progress and is submitted to comply with Item 295 G of Chapter 781 of the 2009 Virginia Acts of Assembly. Item 295 G requires the Commissioner of the Department of Health to provide written reports annually to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees on the progress of the multi-state procurement of a database formally known as the Crossroads Design, Development and Implementation WlC System. It also describes specific factors the annual reports must include.