MO HealthNet ME Codes for WIC Eligibility
Contact Information
WIC and Nutrition Services
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570
Telephone: 573-751-6204 or
(toll-free) 800-392-8209
Fax: 573-526-1470
Email
Phone
Missouri WIC applicants must meet income eligibility guidelines and other criteria to qualify for the program. An exception to income eligibility is that all SNAP and TA participants, and some MO HealthNet participants, automatically meet WIC income guidelines and are adjunctively eligible for WIC. The Medicaid eligibility (ME) codes that qualify MO HealthNet participants for adjunctive eligibility, and other ME codes that meet WIC income guidelines, are listed below.
| ME code | Program |
|---|---|
01 | Old Age Assistance (OAA) |
03 | AB and SAB |
04 | PTD |
4M* | MO HealthNet for Kids (CHIPS Fund) (with no premium) |
05 | MHF-Adults |
06 | MHF-Children |
07* | Foster Care-Title IV-E |
08* | Child Welfare Services (CWS)/Foster Care |
11 | MHABD (OAA) |
12 | MHABD (AB) |
13 | MHABD (PTD) |
14 | SNC (OAA) |
15 | SNC (AB) |
16 | SNC (PTD) |
18 | MPW MHF |
23 | MHK in Vendor Institution |
28 | MHK-DMH Foster Care |
29 | MHK-DYS Foster Care |
30 | Juvenile Courts-Foster Care |
33 | MOCDD-DMH Match |
34 | MOCDD-DSS Match |
36 | MHK IV-E Adopt FFP Adoption Subsidy |
37 | MHK Foster Care, Homeless, Dependent, Neglected (HDN), Title XIX/FFP |
38 | Independent Foster Care Children age 18-26 |
40 | MHK-Poverty |
42 | MHK in Vendor Institution-Poverty |
43 | MPW-60-Day Assistance MHF Criteria |
44 | MPW-60-Day Assistance Poverty |
45 | MPW-Poverty |
49 | DMH Foster Care-Poverty |
50 | DSY Foster Care-Poverty |
55 | QMB |
56 | Adoption Subsidy Title IV-E |
58 | TEMP |
60 | Newborn |
61 | MPW-HIF |
62 | MHK-HIF-under age 1 |
64* | Group Home-HIF-Juvenile Court placement STATE ONLY |
65* | Group Home-HIF-Parent/Guardian placement STATE ONLY |
66 | Foster Care-Homeless, Dependent, Neglected (HDN), TitleXIX/FFP-HIF |
67 | DMH Foster Care-HIF |
68 | DYS Foster Care-HIF |
69 | Juvenile Courts-Foster Care-HIF |
70 | Juvenile Courts-Foster Care-Poverty |
71* | CHIP 0 148%-150% Age 1-5 |
72* | CHIP 0 148%-150% Age 6-18 |
73* | CHIP 151%-185% Age 1-18 (Premium) |
81 | Temporary Assignment Category |
83 | BCCT-PE |
84 | BCCT-PE |
85 | TWHA-Premium |
86 | TWHA-Non-Premium |
87 | PE for Children |
88 | Voluntary Placement Agreements |
91 | GTBH-Tier 1 |
92 | GTBH-Tier 2 |
93 | GTBH-Tier 3 |
E2* | Adult Expansion Group (AEG) |
0F* | Foster Care-IMD Placement |
*These ME codes qualify a participant based on poverty levels associated with the specific program or because it is coverage offered to foster care children.