Friday, November 2, 2012
Free Food: WIC
Once you receive approval for Katie Beckett Medicaid, your child is eligible for free food from the WIC office. Women, Infants, Children provide food vouchers to those on Medicaid. Your family may not be eligible, but your child who is on Medicaid is eligible for WIC until age 5. This can add over $50 of free funds to your monthly grocery bill, just depends on the items that you purchase with your WIC checks and the cost of those items. Call the Idaho Care Line at 2-1-1 for WIC contact information.
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It's called automatic income eligibility (for those who are on Medicaid and certain other programs).
ReplyDeleteIncome Requirement
To be eligible for WIC, applicants must have income at or below an income level or standard set by the State agency or be determined automatically income-eligible based on participation in certain programs.
Certain applicants can be determined income-eligible for WIC based on their participation in certain programs. These included individuals:
-- eligible to receive SNAP benefits, Medicaid, for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF, formerly known as AFDC, Aid to Families with Dependent Children),
Copied from http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/howtoapply/eligibilityrequirements.htm
INCOME ELIGIBLE
An applicant’s income must be verified to be within the limits of total gross household income level/family size as defined in the Income Eligibility Guidelines, or automatically income eligible based on eligibility for Medicaid, TANF, SNAP or CHIP.
Copied from page 4-A-2 of the Idaho WIC Program Policy Manual at http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/FoodCashAssistance/WomenInfantsandChildren/Dec2012.pdf