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2019/20
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USDA FUNDING BASED ON:
Estimated # of Eligible WIC Clients And Actual # of WIC Clients Served USDA NSA (NUTRITION SERVICES Administration) & FOOD COSTS are Separate. MI CANNOT use Food $ for Administration
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WIC Food Package 2019/20 1 USDA FUNDING BASED ON: Estimated # of Eligible WIC Clients And Actual # of WIC Clients Served USDA NSA (NUTRITION SERVICES Administration) & FOOD COSTS are Separate. MI CANNOT use Food $ for
WIC Food Package 2018 1
2019/20
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Estimated # of Eligible WIC Clients And Actual # of WIC Clients Served USDA NSA (NUTRITION SERVICES Administration) & FOOD COSTS are Separate. MI CANNOT use Food $ for Administration
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NSA GRANT FY 2019: $67.2 million Food GRANT FY 2019: $101.6 million ~$5.7 billion in 2019 for WIC Nationwide 4/2018 MI MONTHLY CASELOAD: 212,484 7/2019 MI MONTHLY CASELOAD: 161,654
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Cost containment contracts with infant formula companies are required by federal WIC Regulations DISCOUNTS/REBATES on infant formula as a result of competitive bidding process.
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1196 Grocery Stores 251 Pharmacy Only Each Store MUST have Minimum Stock Requirements MUST participate in SNAP
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How does WIC choose Food Packages?
NAM (National Academy of Medicine) recommended:
(Formerly known as the Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2015)
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for WIC state agencies
for WIC clients
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Maximum Allowable Food Package
Clients must receive the maximum allowance of food items unless food package needs to be customized. Customizing : When it is medically or nutritionally warranted (e.g., to eliminate a food due to a food allergy)
allowances; or when the quantities necessary to supplement another program’s contribution to fill a medical prescription would be less than the maximum monthly allowances.
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JUICE: Nutrition Fact Label Changes
requirement was: 100% juice 120% daily value Vitamin C
Vitamin C: has increased from 60 to 72 mg
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May receive 32 oz. of low fat or non‐fat yogurt
32 oz. Yogurt replaces One Quart of milk
(32 oz.)
NO YOGURT in whole or 2% Milk Packages
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36 oz. of cereal & juice in 64 oz. containers
(no yogurt allowed due to poor availability)
* (32 oz yogurt = 1 quart of low fat milk)
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Standard Food Packages for Children
Food Package C1 C2-C4 Juice 2- 64 ounce 2- 64 ounce Milk, fluid 13 Quarts (3 gal. + 1 qt) whole (2%)* 13 Quarts
Lowfat: skim, 1/2%, 1%
yogurt
Cheese 1 # 1 # Cereals 36 ounces 36 ounces Eggs 1 dozen 1 dozen Fresh fruit & vegetables $8 cash value $8 cash value Whole wheat bread/tortillas 2 lb loaf 2 lb loaf Peanut butter OR Dry/Canned Beans & Peas 18 ounce 18 ounce 16 ounce dry or 4 cans 16 ounce dry or 4 cans
*2% milk allowed with documentation when C2-4 meets risk criteria for at‐risk of underweight OR high‐risk of underweight, C1 caregiver reports the health care provider recommends 2% milk, client overweight or obesity is a concern or family history is positive for obesity, dyslipidemia, or cardiovascular disease
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To Avoid a lost Quart, WIC has applied an odd/even rule to milk packages each month:
Odd Months: 3 gallons of milk 1 half gallon milk Even Months: 3 gallons of milk
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Criteria for a child 12 ‐24 months to receive 2% milk:
(No MDF required)
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Criteria for a child 2 ‐ 4 years old to receive 2% milk:
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Criteria for a woman to receive 2% milk
(132+ ♥)
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soy beverage for children
for Children:
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CHEESE LIMITS
No more than 2# of cheese may be substituted for milk (1.5 gal), for a total of 3# CHEESE.
No more than 1# of cheese may be substituted for 3 qts. of milk .
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Substitutions: Infant cereal for breakfast cereal For children and women:
32 oz. of infant cereal may be substituted for 36 oz. of breakfast cereal. No MDF required
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Substitutions ‐ Evaporated milk
quarts fluid milk + 1 quart fluid milk
quarts fluid milk + 1 quart fluid milk.
quarts fluid milk
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Substitutions – Powdered dry milk
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Finding the milk: ‐Evaporated Fat Free and Whole ‐NFDM=Non‐Fat Dry Milk
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Milk Packages
milk MUST be bought in the Gallon form. It cannot be split in exchange for 2 one half gallons.
Client must buy the milk in quarts, as stated on their shopping list. They will not be able to buy the milk in the gallon form at the store. They have to buy the size of milk it states on their shopping list. Exception: Lactose free milk in quarts or equivalents.
they are not able to consume a gallon of milk within a short period
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C1 MAX (whole milk) Odd Month: 3 GAL 0.5 HGL
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C2/C3/C4 MAX (LOWFAT MILK/Yogurt)
Chose Yogurt:
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FOOD PACKAGES FOR WOMEN
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NPP MAX (LOWFAT MILK) 2015
(NO WHOLE GRAINS)
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NPP MAX (LOWFAT MILK/Yogurt) 2016
(NO WHOLE GRAINS)
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Food Packages BE & PG/BP
FOOD PACKAGE
BE PG/BP
Juice 144 ounces
(48 OZ. OR 11.5-12 OZ CAN)
144 ounces
(48 OZ. OR 11.5-12 OZ CAN)
Milk, fluid (skim, ½%, 1%) 4 ½ gallons (18 quarts)
Or 17 quarts & 32 oz. yogurt
4 gallons, 3 qts. (19 quarts)
Cheese 3 # 1 # Cereals 36 ounces 36 ounces Eggs 2 dozen 1 dozen Fresh fruit & vegetables $11 cash value $11 cash value Whole wheat bread/tortillas 1 lb loaf 1 lb loaf Peanut butter 18 ounce 18 ounce Dry/Canned Beans & Peas 16 ounce dry or 4 cans 16 ounce dry or 4 cans Fish (canned) 30 oz.: (6- 5oz. Cans)
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BE MAX 2015 4 GAL MILK, 1 HGL milk, 3# CHEESE
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BE MAX (1# CHEESE) 2015
6 GAL Milk, 1 # Cheese
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BE MAX (2#CHEESE/YOGURT) 2016
(2# CHEESE, 5 GAL MILK, 32 OZ. YOGURT)
3 QUARTS MILK = 1# CHEESE
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BE MAX (LACTOSE FREE LOWFAT MILK/YOGURT) 2016 LF Milk comes in quarts (QT) or equivalents (EQV). It can be bought as quarts, half gallons or 96 oz containers (3 quarts).
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Expecting more than 1 infant
Breastfeeding more than 1 infant
(2 IBP or IBE & IBP)
Breastfeeding while PG
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BE: Breastfeeding Exclusively 2 or more infants
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Breastfeeding Twins: BE MAX*1.5 {2 IBE}
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BE * 1.5 Food Package Update
It has been noted that the following food packages:
for mothers EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFEEDING (BE) more than one child from the same pregnancy, are issuing UNREDEEMABLE QUANTITIES OF MILK in the half gallon (HGL) unit.
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MILK/YOGURT) 2016
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Mom & Baby’s Records MUST be linked
MUST reflect same category of woman and infant
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Infant’s Client Info Screen
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IBE
Only Breastmilk
Cereal, Fruits, Vegetables, Meat IBP
Customize formula to support BF needs (up to maximum allowable, need to round up in MI-WIC)
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Why issue benefits for IBE if there are No WIC food items?
(For caseload & BF Statistics in Local Agencies)
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IBP: Partially Breastfed Infants
Age
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ≥1 year
Food
Enfamil
12.5 oz. can
Standard
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
Maximum
4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 10
Infant cereal 24 oz.
x x x x x x
Infant fruit & vegetables 32- 4 oz.
x x x x x x
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Tailoring IBP Package up to the Maximum
(4 or 5 cans of formula)
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Tailoring IBP Package cont… Change Quantity from 1 to the client’s assessed formula needs & Click Assign
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