wic funding and caseload wayne denyse mary lou woelfel ([email protected]) nys department of...
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WIC Funding and Caseload
WIC Funding and Caseload
Wayne DeNyse
Mary Lou Woelfel ([email protected])
NYS Department of Health
Division of Nutrition
Evaluation and Analysis Unit
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Introduction
NYS caseload a key factor in determining
funds NYS receives from USDA
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Purpose
To show how NYS caseload relates to
funding NY state receives from USDA This is about how USDA allocates money to states; Not how
NYS allocates funds to local WIC agencies.
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Background
Two formulas Food and Nutrition Services Administration
(NSA) Food formula revised in 1994 and
1999; NSA formula revised in 1999
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Reasons for 1999 revisions
WIC growth plateaued Significant funding increases
unlikely Some states receive more than
their fair share of funds
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Goal of revised formulas
To ensure each states receives their fair share of WIC funds
Fair share means each state has an equal chance to serve their eligibles
1999 food formula - three components
Prior year food grant Inflation Fair share
Food Funding Formula Food Funding Formula
Prior year grant Given available funds, priority given to ensure each state receives prior year grant
Inflation Given remaining funds, each state receives 80% food inflation (2000=2.2%)
Fair share Any remaining funds go to under fair share states
– NYS over fair share so not eligible for more funds.
Food Funding Formula Food Funding Formula
How is fair share measured?
State’s fair share of food funds equal to their proportional share of nation’s eligibles
This means that the national average food package cost applied to each WIC eligible
Food Funding Formula Food Funding Formula
Food Funding FormulaFood Funding Formula
Food grant and caseload Failure to expend 97% of funds results in
return of some funds and lowers future grant
NYS’s food grant, caseload and food costs used to determine NY’s fair share of national funds for operating WIC. (Food grant divided by state’s average food package cost. Average food package cost is state’s food expenditures divided by state’s caseload). Result equals number of WIC eligibles USDA provides admin funds to serve.
Food Funding Formula Food Funding Formula
NYS concerns At least maintain caseload levels 80% inflation No adjustment for high food cost states
Incentive for states to contain costs Inflation based on thrifty food package plan Use of uniform definition of poverty
NSA Funding Formula NSA Funding Formula
NSA - three components
Base grant Fair share Regional operating adj
NSA Funding Formula NSA Funding Formula Base grant Given available funding, priority given to
prior year’s formula calculated grant. Full inflation included.
Fair share Any remaining funds to states under fair share NYS over fair share
Regional adjustment Once state’s share calculated, 10% removed for
Regional pool for discretionary awards.
NSA Funding Formula NSA Funding Formula
Measuring fair share 90% of NSA fair share on cost per person basis.
Food grant divided by state’s average food package cost to get number of people state expected to serve.
This number is multiplied by national average per person costs for
operating WIC Program.
Some adjustments for economies of scale 10% of NSA fair share based on salary differential
NSA Funding Formula NSA Funding Formula
NSA formula and caseload
Higher caseloads increase state’s chances of receiving additional funds
Higher food package costs decrease state’s chances of receiving
additional funds This prompts cost containment efforts