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beyond what WIC might provide, local agencies make referrals to: ☐ Food banks ☒ Food pantries ☒ Soup kitchens ☒ SNAP ☒ The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) ☐ Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) ☐ Other (specify): Click or tap here to enter text.
m. Immunization Screening and Referral The State agency assures that each local agency is meeting the requirements of WIC Policy Memorandum #2001-7, August 30, 2001: Immunization Screening and Referral, as follows: ☒ Screening children under the age of two using a documented immunization history: ☐Using the minimum screening protocol; or ☒ Using a more comprehensive means, (specify): Click or tap here to enter text.
☒ Using another program or entity to screen and refer WIC children using a documented immunization history; (specify):Click or tap here to enter text.; or
☐ Implementing the minimum screening protocol is unnecessary because immunization coverage rates of WIC children by 24 months are 90% or greater; or ☐ The State agency has been unable to formalize a coordination agreement with the State Immunization Program. Provide explanation of extenuating circumstances: Click or tap here to enter text.
The State agency's policy and procedure manual has been updated to include the above immunization screening and referral protocol. ☒ Yes ☐ No D. Processing Standards
1. Notification Standards a. The State agency defines special nutritional risk applicants who are to be notified of their