Required Assistance/ Eligibility Criteria Sample Clauses

Required Assistance/ Eligibility Criteria. All women applicants and participants of the WIC Program must be offered the opportunity to apply to register to vote for all elections during the certification, recertification, and submission of change of address. It is important to clarify to the applicant/participant that refusal to apply to register to vote will not have any bearing on the availability of WIC Program services or benefits to them. Please note that even if the applicant is found to be ineligible for the WIC Program she must still be provided an opportunity to apply to register to vote. Per the WIC Policy and Procedure Manual, applicants and participants must receive a verbal explanation of WIC program services. Therefore, at a minimum, local agency staff must provide an explanation of the Voter Registration Application, and read the Voter Affidavit section to the applicants and participants who request assistance before signing the Voter Registration Application form. While the WIC program is open to women, infants, and children, only the women applicants/participants must be provided services under NVRA. Election laws allow women under age 18 to apply to register to vote if they will be 18 years of age by the next election date therefore all women applicants and participants 17 years and older should be asked if they would like to apply to register. Instate and out of state women transfer participants are also to be offered the opportunity to apply to register to vote at the time WIC services are initially provided by the receiving local agency.