March 28, 2006 WIC Update (1 of 2)

TO: Local WIC Provider Administrators, WIC Coordinators and WIC Nutrition Coordinators

SUBJECT: ER# 2.04220 Underweight or At Risk of Becoming Underweight Infants and Children (A3)
SUBJECT: ER# 2.04300 Inadequate Growth or Failure to Thrive Risk Factor (X3)
SUBJECT: ER# 2.05400 Low Birth Weight and Very Low Birth Weight (X4)
SUBJECT: ER# 2.05500 Prematurity (X5)
SUBJECT: ER# 2.05600 Small for Gestational Age (X6)
SUBJECT: ER# 2.05700 Low Head Circumference (X7)
SUBJECT: Decision Tree for Plotting Gestational Age
SUBJECT: Acknowledgment

1. ER# 2.04220 Underweight or At Risk of Becoming Underweight Infants and Children (A3)
2. ER# 2.04300 Inadequate Growth or Failure to Thrive Risk Factor (X3)
3. ER# 2.05400 Low Birth Weight and Very Low Birth Weight (X4)
4. ER# 2.05500 Prematurity (X5)
5. ER# 2.05600 Small for Gestational Age (X6)
6. ER# 2.05700 Low Head Circumference (X7)
7. Decision Tree for Plotting Gestational Age
8. Acknowledgment

Please complete the Acknowledgment of the receipt of these policies so we know you have received this e-mail and are implementing these policies. Please fax to Kelly Dotterweich, State WIC Office, at (573) 526-1470, by April 10, 2006.

We will send additional policy information later today addressing growth charts. If questions, please contact Vicki Strickland at vicki.strickland@dhss.mo.gov.