Responding to the growing body of research on neuroscience and early brain development, Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, has identified language acquisition as a public health imperative. Beginning in 2013, DPH began training the 1,000 WIC nutritionists who interact with families in the 199 WIC offices across the state, building their capacity to encourage new and expectant parents to deliver language nutrition to their children. Learn more on their website.