This policy memorandum provides guidance for WIC state and local agencies in determining income eligibility for state and federal employees in instances where such employees experience a temporary decrease in earning due to being furloughed or having their pay deferred because of a state budget impasse or the temporary shutdown of the agency were they are employed, without pay.
The WIC EBT Cost Analysis Model is intended to support the creation of a state’s WIC EBT Feasibility Study and/or Implementation Advanced Planning Document (IAPD) by providing a tool for calculating the detailed costs of alternative WIC EBT solutions and capturing the benefits and risks of WIC EBT.
These Q&A's were developed with the assistance of the regional offices as the Interim Homeless Rule was implemented and the Final Rule was being crafted. Although all of the issues raised in the Q&A's are important ones, they represent areas of policy interpretation that were not appropriate for inclusion in the regulation itself.
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