State Funding for Extended Hours of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Clinics

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 401.040(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. AUTHORITY: section 191.807, RSMo Supp. 1992.* This rule was previously filed as 19 CSR 40-5.020. Original rule filed Jan. 14, 1993, effective July 8, 1993. Moved to 19 CSR 45-5.020, effective May 1, 2003. *Original authority: 191.807, RSMo 1992.