Colorado WIC Program Policies and Procedures Section 8: Certification, Eligibility and Coordination Revised: 7/01/2026 Page 1 of 1

Income Guidelines

Policy: In order to financially qualify for the WIC Program, a participant’s combined household gross income cannot exceed the WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines (IEG). The WIC IEGs are 185% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines published in the Federal Register.

WIC INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES Effective July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027

NOTE: An income assessment should be conducted counting a pregnant woman as a household size of one first. If she is over income, then the agency can increase the household size by the number of fetuses in utero.

Regulation: 7 CFR 246.7 (d)(1)

Procedure/Additional Guidance: Use the following steps to calculate gross income. Compass calculations follow these same steps. 1. If a household has only one income source or if all income sources have the same frequency, compare the income, or the sum of the separate incomes, to the published IEGs for the appropriate frequency and household size. 2. A pay stub for each income source is needed. If pay is consistent, only one pay stub per income source for the past 30 days is required. 3. If a household reports income sources at more than one frequency, perform the following calculations: ● Annualize all income by multiplying weekly income by 52, income received every two weeks by 26, income received twice a month by 24, and income received monthly by 12. ● Do not round the values resulting from each conversion. ● Add together all the unrounded, converted values. ● Compare the total to the annual income for the appropriate household size to determine income eligibility.

HOUSEHOLD SIZE* GROSS INCOME YEARLY MONTHLY TWICE- MONTHLY BI-WEEKLY WEEKLY 1 $29,526 $2,461 $1,231 $1,136 $568 2 $40,034 $3,337 $1,669 $1,540 $770 3 $50,542 $4,212 $2,106 $1,944 $972 4 $61,050 $5,088 $2,544 $2,349 $1,175 5 $71,558 $5,964 $2,982 $2,753 $1,377 6 $82,066 $6,839 $3,420 $3,157 $1,579 7 $92,574 $7,715 $3,858 $3,561 $1,781 8 $103,082 $8,591 $4,296 $3,965 $1,983 For each additional family member, add: +$10,508 +$876 +$438 +$405 +$203