For
immediate release:
Contact:
Victoria Fehrmann Warren
573-751-6204
Vendors interested in participating in WIC
programs may now apply
The
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Nutrition Services
and WIC, is accepting applications from full-service retail grocery stores and
pharmacies that wish to become authorized retail vendors for the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). The applications are for a WIC Vendor
Authorization Contract for the contract period October 1, 2003 through
September 30, 2006.
Full-service
retail grocery stores and pharmacies must complete an application packet and
meet the program selection criteria to be authorized to participate in the WIC
program. Send requests for a WIC vendor
authorization application packet to the Department of Health and Senior
Services, Bureau of Nutrition Services and WIC, P. O. Box 570, Jefferson City,
Missouri, 65102 or contact the Bureau at 573-751-6204 or 1-800-392-8209.
Authorization packets may also be downloaded from the Internet at http://www.dhss.state.mo.us/wic/stores.htm.
Applications
are accepted throughout the year for contract authorization in the WIC
program. Applications received this
summer and fall will be reviewed for the October 1, 2003 through September 30,
2006 contract. All complete
applications received by August 22, 2003 will be reviewed for the October 1
contract. Applications received after
August 22, 2003 will be reviewed, but the contract may start until after
October 1.
Additional
information, including the application forms and the vendor selection criteria,
may be accessed at http://www.dhss.state.mo.us/wic/index.html.
Questions regarding the WIC program or the contracting process may also be
directed to the Bureau of Nutrition Services and WIC at 1-800-392-8209.
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