Caseload

The number of persons served by the WIC and FCM programs during SFY11 is presented in Table 2. FCM does not keep a separate count of the number of participating postpartum or breastfeeding women. However, under USDA guidelines, these women comprise a separate category of eligibility for the WIC program.

Table 2:  Number of Persons Served in WIC and FCM Programs by Type of Client and Program - SFY2011

Source: Cornerstone

*  FCM does not have a category of post-partum breastfeeding women.

The caseload of FCM dropped for FY2011. Cook County Health Department (CCHD) and several downstate health departments declined to be providers of FCM. Although caseloads were reassigned, the disruption of service delivery is evident in the caseload figures presented in Table 3.

Table 3:  Total Number of Persons Serviced in WIC and FCM Programs by Program and State Fiscal Year

Source:  Cornerstone

The WIC and FCM programs together reach over 45 percent of all infants and over 81 percent of Medicaid-eligible infants born in Illinois each year. Women who are at greatest risk for giving birth prematurely or having a baby with other health problems are overrepresented in the caseload of the WIC and FCM programs. Approximately, three-fourths of African American, Hispanic, single and teen-aged women who give birth in Illinois each year participate in the WIC or FCM programs; the programs are reaching their intended target population. Refer to Table 4.

Table 4:  Number and Percent of All Live Births and Live Births to WIC or FCM Participants, by Demographic Group - Illinois, 2009

Source: Vital Records, Cornerstone

* Includes all other races.