Who gets first priority for participation?
WIC cannot serve all eligible people, so a system of priorities has been established for filling program openings. Once a local WIC agency has reached its maximum caseload, vacancies are generally filled in the order of the following priority levels: • Pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants determined to be at nutritional risk because of serious medical problems. • Infants up to 6 months of age whose mothers participated in WIC or could have participated and had serious medical problems. • Children (up to age 5) at nutritional risk because of serious medical problems. • Pregnant or breastfeeding women and infants at nutritional risk because of dietary problems (like poor diet). • Children (up to age 5) at nutritional risk because of dietary problems. • Non-breastfeeding, postpartum women with any nutritional risk. • Individuals at nutritional risk only because they are homeless or migrants, and current participants who without WIC foods could continue to have medical and/or d
