How to Monitor Development

Getting your WIC Milestone Checklist Program Up and Running

Planning your WIC Milestone Checklist Program will take some time and require some decision-making, but once you’ve decided how best to customize the program for your state, agency, or clinic, maintaining the three core components of the program—graphics, checklists, and referrals—is easy!

A few easy steps will get you started:

Identify program champions
Develop a process for training, implementation, and tracking that works best for your clinic(s)
Customize and prepare materials
Spread the word
Do a test phase where the staff try it out, identify challenges
Make changes based on staff questions and feedback
Begin implementing

Before you know it, you’ll be better at supporting staff to handle questions and concerns about development, educating and engaging parents, and making referrals to promote children’s healthy development.

The resources at these links will walk you through the process step-by-step and present tools and other resources to help: