Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
Division 45 - Division of Nutritional Health and Services
Chapter 5 - Food and Nutrition Programs
Section 19 CSR 45-5.020 - State Funding for Extended Hours of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Clinics
Universal Citation: 19 MO Code of State Regs 45-5.020
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the procedures to be used by the Department of Health to award grants to local health units for extending clinic hours.
(1) The following definitions shall be used in the interpretation and enforcement of this rule:
(A) County health unit means
any entity approved by Department of Health to provide Women, Infants and
Children (WIC) services in a given service area;
(B) County poverty level means the economic
level of a county as determined by use of the most recent United States census
and the poverty income guidelines of
19 CSR
40-1.040(2).
(C) Participation means the sum of the number
of pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children up to five (5) years of
age who have received WIC supplemental food vouchers and the number of
exclusively breastfed infants in the program during the reporting
period.
(2) The following procedures shall be used by the Department of Health when determining which county health units will receive grants authorized by section 191.807, RSMo:
(A) All grants shall be awarded October
1 each year;
(B) County health
units desiring to apply for a grant shall request an application from the
Department of Health's WIC bureau;
(C) Completed applications shall be
postmarked by August 15 each year;
(D) Grants shall be evaluated by a committee
of three (3) persons appointed by the director of the Department of Health's
Division of Maternal, Child and Family Health;
(E) There shall be a maximum of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) for each grant; and
(F) Applicants shall be chosen based on the
county poverty level and the percent of eligible women and children not served
in the county.
*Original authority: 191.807, RSMo 1992.
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