Program Guidelines

The local Baby Basics affiliates work closely with organizations that support struggling families. For example: agencies such as Shelters for Abused Women and Children, local health clinic centers, childcare centers, homeless shelters, Habitat for Humanity and WIC. These agencies help to identify candidates for our program.

Each referral agent uses the following guidelines to screen for our program:

  1. Parent(s)/guardian(s) must reside in a specific designated area of the affiliate community.
  2. At least one parent/guardian must be working
  3. Parent(s)/guardian(s) must meet established WIC financial guidelines (For example a family of four must earn less than $38,200 a year.)
  4. Parent(s)/guardian(s) do not receive any federal or state cash assistance (Welfare)
  5. The child is less than three years old

Once a family is enrolled in our program, they need to ensure that they:

  1. Stay connected with us
  2. Call if they can’t make a distribution
  3. Do not miss more than 2 consecutive distributions without notification

Families are required to notify us if any of the criteria which qualified them for the program has changed and must follow the criteria for staying in the program. Failure to do so will result in immediate removal from the program, so that we can make room for babies on our waiting list.