Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program Phase I Report (2001) / Chapter Skim
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13 2 Program Eligibility The language of the congressional act that established the WIC program states the reason for the program's establishment: "Congress finds that substantial numbers of pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants and young children from families with inadequate income are at special risk with respect to their physical and mental health by reason of inadequate nutrition or healthcare, or both" (Sec.
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14 ESTIMATING ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION FOR THE WIC PROGRAM cases in which family living arrangements and resource sharing are complex. For example, it is not always clear how many people are a part of the family or "economic unit" and thus whose income counts in determining income eligibility when multiple families share resources and expenses.
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PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY 15 consistent with the rules of eligibility in that, technically, a woman is eligible as soon as she becomes pregnant. However, because of the timing lag, 100 percent participation of eligible women defined in this way would never be possible.
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16 ESTIMATING ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION FOR THE WIC PROGRAM in assessing adjunctive eligibility status. We discuss each of these flexibilities and how they can introduce errors into the process of estimating WIC eligibility.
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PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY 17 definition -- one that considers whichever family unit makes the applicant eligible as the correct definition -- and a restrictive definition -- one that considers whichever definition makes the family ineligible. Accounting Period for Income The definition of income (that is, what sources count)
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18 ESTIMATING ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION FOR THE WIC PROGRAM riod for income creates the potential for errors in estimating eligibility because definitions of income used to estimate eligibility may not exactly match definitions of income as they are applied by local WIC offices in assessing eligibility. Adjunctive Eligibility Adjunctive eligibility rules further complicate efforts to measure eligibility.
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PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY 19 Medicaid. However, not everyone who is eligible for Medicaid, TANF or food stamps will enroll in them, so this measure may not accurately reflect the number of people who are currently enrolled in the program -- and therefore adjunctively eligible for WIC.
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20 ESTIMATING ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION FOR THE WIC PROGRAM ance that much discretion has purposefully been given to the states. Rather, our purpose in highlighting the difficulties in applying eligibility rules is to illustrate a source of uncertainty in estimating eligibility.
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