Alabama is changing the income guidelines for its WIC program, meaning more families could qualify for assistance.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - When it comes to feeding your family, it is costing more and more at the grocery store, but state leaders are working to help. Alabama is changing theJefferson County has 13,000 participants in the WIC program right now. Leaders with the health department said they have had women call before that are right on the financial cusp, but don’t qualify. With the new income threshold, officials said now those families will now likely qualify.
Officials with the Jefferson County WIC program said the income thresholds change every year, depending on the federal poverty line, but this year is a bigger increase than normal.
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