Policy & Procedure Manual

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This page contains policies for the Washington State WIC Nutrition Program. When a chapter is updated a Notice of Revisions is posted listing the changes. The Notice of Revisions is removed after six months.

Note: This manual was designed for Washington WIC staff and is not intended for the general public. It contains terms, abbreviations and acronyms that may not be familiar to those outside of WIC and the field of nutrition and healthcare.

Unless otherwise noted, all materials and forms on this page are in PDF format.

Volume 1

• Chapter 2—Program Compliance (580KB)
• Chapter 3—Application and Processing Standards (608KB)
• Chapter 5—Priority System and Waiting List (232KB)
• Chapter 6—Income (532KB)
• Chapter 7—Rights and Responsibilities (598KB)
  • Table of Revisions (71KB)
• Chapter 9—Anthropometrics (107KB)
• Chapter 11—Assessment Questions (342KB)
• Chapter 12—Referrals (116KB)
• Chapter 14—Nutrition Risk Criteria (1.4MB)
  • Table of Revisions (61KB)
  • DRAFT: Prenatal Weight Gain Grids and Risks Supplement
• Chapter 15—Breastfeeding (514KB)
• Chapter 17—WIC Eligibility (154KB)
• Chapter 18—Certification Issues (158KB)
  • Breastfeeding One Year Certification (87KB)
  • Child One Year Certification (80KB)
• Chapter 19—Special Clients (155KB)
• Chapter 20—Notification, Fair Hearings and Civil Rights (479KB)
  • Table of Revisions (55KB)
• Chapter 21—Transfers/Verification of Certification (143KB)
• Chapter 22—WIC Checks (260KB)
  • Replacing Stolen and Destroyed Checks (213KB)
• Chapter 23—WIC Foods (483KB)
• Chapter 24—WIC Prescriptions (2.5MB)
  • Notice of Revision (51KB)
• Notice of Revision Log (29KB)
• Revision Dates Log (33KB)

Volume 2

• Chapter 1—Monitoring (285KB)
  • Notice of Revision (66KB)
• Chapter 7—WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) (498KB)
  • Notice of Revision (72KB)

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