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CONSIDERATION OF AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,220,978 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) TO PROVIDE THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM OF WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Presented by: Roderick Harris, Children and Family Health Division Director, Sedgwick County Health Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the grant award; establish budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request, and authorize the Chair to sign the grant application.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (known as WIC) is a federal assistance program of the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Health Department has managed the WIC program in Sedgwick County for the past 37 years. The WIC program provides healthcare and nutrition focused services to low-income women who are pregnant or currently breastfeeding; and to infants/children under the age of five. WIC services include: nutrition education, immunization screenings, breastfeeding support and promotion, referrals to community and medical services and supplemental foods.
WIC eligibility is based on income and nutritional risk. To qualify for WIC services available in Sedgwick County, an applicant must meet the following criteria:
1) their income must be at or below 185% of the U.S. Poverty Income Guidelines (currently $41,348 for a family of four); and
2) be found with at least one medical or nutritional risk factor; risk factors include, but are not limited to: overweight, dental problems, anemia, low birth weight, and/or prematurity; and
3) live or work within Sedgwick County.
In Sedgwick County, 38 grocery stores accept the WIC food checks. In FFY 2010, Sedgwick County WIC clients redeemed more than $10,299,069 in WIC vouchers at these vendors.
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