Ralls County WIC announces updated income guidelines

February 10, 2025

Ralls County WIC announces the release of the updated income guidelines. The income guidelines are based on 185% of the federal poverty income guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). DHHS releases annual adjustments to the poverty income guidelines before June each year.
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a special supplemental nutrition program providing services to pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children up to their 5th birthday based on nutritional risk and income eligibility. The primary services provided are healthy, supplemental food, risk assessment, nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding promotion and support, health screening and referrals to health care. To be eligible for WIC, applicants must have an income of less than or equal to 185% of the poverty level and be at nutritional risk. Migrant families are also eligible. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) participants and MO HealthNet participants of income-qualifying MO HealthNet programs are automatically eligible for WIC benefits.
The income guidelines below reflect gross (pre-tax) income, and a pregnant woman may count as two family members. To view the complete list broken out by family size, visit WIC.Mo.Gov.
Family size
Annual
Monthly
Twice-monthly
Bi-weekly
Weekly
1
$27,861
$2,322
$1,161
$1,072
$536
2
$37,814
$3,152
$1,576
$1,455
$728
3
$47,767
$3,981
$1,991
$1,838
$919
4
$57,720
$4,810
$2,405
$2,220
$1,110

WIC is administered in Ralls County by the Ralls County Health Department. Persons interested in applying or who need more information should contact the Ralls County Health Department at 573-985-7121. WIC clinics are offered at the following location(s):
Ralls County Health Department 405 W 1[st] St New London, MO 63459 every second and fourth Monday of the month from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
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