www.mycnews.com • Community News - St. Charles County • June 13, 2018
St. Charles County Police Chief named to state homeland security council St. Charles County Police Chief David Todd has been selected by the Missouri Police Chief ’s Association to represent its membership on Missouri’s Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC). Todd will join leaders from other state agencies in ensuring that state and local homeland security plans on terrorism and disaster preparedness are executed and coordinated efficiently. “Chief Todd is an excellent choice,” says County Executive Steve Ehlmann. “There is no one more qualified to fill this role. The chief ’s extensive experience in all areas of law enforcement, including emergency management, homeland security, SWAT and special operations make him an invaluable addition to this council.” According to the state’s Department of Public Safety website, the HSAC’s mission is to ensure that state and local homeland security plans on terrorism
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and disaster preparedness are executed and coordinated efficiently. Todd also serves on the Homeland Security Committee for the International Association of Chiefs of Police, an appointment he has held for the past three years. He has worked in law enforcement for St. Charles County for 40 years and became the County Police Department’s first Chief of Police in 2015, the year the department was established.
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Expanded income maximums offer WIC services to more families To provide more assistance to growing families, the St. Charles County Division of Health Services — in partnership with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — announces the expansion of income eligibility guidelines for participation in the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC). The new guidelines are effective through March 31, 2019. To qualify for the St. Charles County WIC program, participants must earn less than the established income maximums, live in Missouri and be individually determined to be at nutrition risk by a health professional. Persons interested in applying should make an appointment by phone at 636949-7402. Below are the household income qualification guidelines for families of two-to-five members in St. Charles County. To view the entire income guideline schedule for larger families, as well as a Spanish language table, please visit http://health. mo.gov/living/families/wic/eligibility_income. php. For these guidelines, pregnant women are counted as two family members: Family Size Annual
Monthly
Weekly
2 3 4 5
$2,538 $3,204 $3,870 $4,536
$586 $740 $893 $1,047
$30,451 $38,443 $46,435 $54,427
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WIC provides specific nutritious supplemental foods and nutrition education at no cost to qualifying pregnant and breastfeeding women, postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five. Funded and administered at the federal level through the USDA and managed at the state level by the Missouri DHSS, Bureau of Nutrition Services and WIC, the St. Charles County WIC program is operated at the Division of Health Services office, located at 1650 Boone’s Lick Road in St. Charles. For information, please visit sccmo.org/ WIC or call 636-949-7402.
