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From page 9... ... 91 Introduction The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a federal grant program to states to provide food and nutrition education benefits and referral services to pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and young children who meet income eligibility criteria or who are enrolled in other federal public assistance programs (adjunct eligibility) Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... 10 ESTIMATING ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION FOR THE WIC PROGRAM clude that some participants are truly ineligible, and that funding could be reduced somewhat and still meet the needs of truly eligible people who would participate under full funding (see U.S. House of Representatives, 1998) Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... INTRODUCTION 11 Phase II of the study will examine in greater detail the methods used to estimate eligibility and participation and consider alternative potential improvements in these methods. Other topics the panel did not have time to consider in much detail during the first phase will also be examined, including: the use of the Survey of Income and Program Participation to estimate income eligibility, methods for estimating the number of pregnant and postpartum women, and assumptions used to estimate the number of eligible people from the U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 12... ... 12 ESTIMATING ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION FOR THE WIC PROGRAM enrolled in the federal Medicaid, Food Stamp, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs are also adjunctively eligible for WIC even if their income exceeds 185 percent of poverty. Read the entire page →

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... 91 Introduction The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a federal grant program to states to provide food and nutrition education benefits and referral services to pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and young children who meet income eligibility criteria or who are enrolled in other federal public assistance programs (adjunct eligibility)

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... 10 ESTIMATING ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION FOR THE WIC PROGRAM clude that some participants are truly ineligible, and that funding could be reduced somewhat and still meet the needs of truly eligible people who would participate under full funding (see U.S. House of Representatives, 1998)

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... INTRODUCTION 11 Phase II of the study will examine in greater detail the methods used to estimate eligibility and participation and consider alternative potential improvements in these methods. Other topics the panel did not have time to consider in much detail during the first phase will also be examined, including: the use of the Survey of Income and Program Participation to estimate income eligibility, methods for estimating the number of pregnant and postpartum women, and assumptions used to estimate the number of eligible people from the U.S.

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... 12 ESTIMATING ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION FOR THE WIC PROGRAM enrolled in the federal Medicaid, Food Stamp, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs are also adjunctively eligible for WIC even if their income exceeds 185 percent of poverty.

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