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Participant Eligibility

Local WIC Providers

Participant eligibility is based on three things, category, income, and nutritional risk.

Categories include:
Women - pregnant women, postpartum breastfeeding women up to 1 year after delivery while nursing, and postpartum non-breastfeeding women up to 6 months after delivery or termination of the pregnancy.

Infants – from birth up to one year of age.

Children – from one year of age up to their 5th birthday.

Income:
Calculated on the family income at 185% or less of federal poverty level.

Nutritional Risk:
Risk assessment and risk factor assignment helps to determine the priority counseling for participants