Community Resource Guide 2025

The Community Resource Guide was created to raise awareness within our community about the various services available.

April 28, 2022 By Mollie Butner

Upcoming Prenatal and Newborn Care Class

We are holding a 3-part prenatal class on May 5, 12, and 19. Each hour-long class will cover different topics such as stages of delivery, infant care, infant feeding, safe sleep, immunizations, and car seat safety.

These classes are a great way to get some questions answered and learn valuable information before the baby is born. This class is open to prenatal women and their partners.

Those who attend all 3 classes will be entered to win an infant care gift set.

Please call ahead for registration at 660-395-4711

April 12, 2022 By Mollie Butner

Endemic Response Phase to COVID-19

April 12, 2022

The State of Missouri recently announced we are transitioning from a pandemic response to an endemic phase of COVID-19. This change to endemic does not mean the end of COVID-19; it means that the disease is here to stay, and, that we have the resources to manage the disease in our daily lives. These resources are meant to keep Missourians safe and healthy.

The change to an endemic phase, however, means changes to the state’s surveillance from monitoring daily cases to monitoring the disease severity and its impact in our community. When we are notified by the testing sites, the Macon County Health Department will continue to contact those who test positive to support them during their time of illness and provide them the resources they need to be healthy. We will also continue to provide awareness, guidance and vaccines to contain the spread of COVID-19 in our community.

Due to the change in surveillance data from the state and reporting changes to DHSS, the Macon County Health Department will no longer report weekly data as we have been for the past two years. DHSS’ new change in reporting will no longer provide detailed data on a county level. In order to keep our community aware, we plan to provide awareness and guidance if there is an outbreak of COVID-19 in Macon County.

COVID-19 continues to have a significant health effect on certain residents in our community. Testing for COVID-19, at home or at a facility, continues to be important so individuals are aware they are positive, they can take the necessary precautions to avoid spreading COVID-19 to others. We continue to recommend everyone stay home when they are sick, apart from household members, according to the CDC guidelines.

Vaccination against COVID-19 helps protect individuals against severe illness and hospitalization due to COVID-19. With the change to the endemic, we accept that COVID-19 will continue to circulate, but with vaccination, it can reduce the burden of illness to keep your family healthy.

April 7, 2022 By Mollie Butner

CPR Class – April 19th

Did you know most cardiac arrests occur at home (70%)? Followed by public settings (18.8%) and nursing homes (11.2%). If performed immediately, CPR can double or triple the chance of survival for those who have a cardiac arrest outside the home. (source: American Heart Association)

The Macon County Health Department will be offering an American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR/First Aid/AED certification course on Tuesday, April 19^th at 9 am.

Heartsaver CPR AED is geared for anyone with limited or no medical training who wants training in CPR, First Aid, and AED training. There is a hands-on portion so you can learn and practice your CPR skills in order to gain your certification. This class includes adult, child, and infant CPR to make sure you know the skills to help save the life of anyone who might have a cardiac arrest around you.

We do request advanced registration since there is a maximum of 8 seats available – call to reserve your spot at 660-395-4711

March 17, 2022 By Mollie Butner

Similac Recall Update- Larger Cans

Due to the Similac formula recall, WIC participants are able to redeem their formula benefits for alternative brands.

WIC participants are also now allowed to get approved larger cans (27.4-33.2 oz). These larger cans will take 2 cans off of your WIC benefits so you will get the same amount of formula whether you get small or large cans.

You can use the WIC shopper app to scan the barcode to make sure the formula will work with your WIC benefits on your card. You do not need to come into the WIC office to update your card to get different brands or sizes.

Please be patient with the retailers as they are trying to restock formula as quickly as they can. It is not safe to feed homemade formulas or toddler formulas to infants, it does not have what your baby needs.

If you have any questions or need assistance, you can call our WIC office at 660-395-4711.

February 28, 2022 By Mollie Butner

Similac Formula Recall – Update

Missouri WIC received a temporary waiver that allows you to redeem your Similac formula benefits for other brands of formula if Similac formula is not available at an authorized WIC retailer.

What does this mean? If you have formula benefits on your eWIC card, you can redeem those benefits for alternative brands of formula – WITHOUT having to come into the Health Department to update your eWIC card! This temporary waiver will carry over into March benefits as well!

You may begin to purchase these alternative brands of infant formula as early as February 25, 2022, depending on each individual retailer’s availability. You may only get the formula equivalent to the Similac formula on your eWIC benefits.

If you want to change your issued formula type, you can come into the Health Department to update your card.

If you have any questions or problems, call our office at 660-395-4711. Please be patient with the stores as they make these changes and continue to make changes to help make the formula available to you.

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