Apply Default Food Package

The system will apply the appropriate default food package to build a basic food prescription for a participant when:

• The user clicks the Use Default button on the Food Prescription screen in either the Certification Guided Script or in the Participant Folder for any participant.

• To assign the proper food package, the system looks at all the risk factors currently assigned to the participant. It takes the default food package ID with the highest DFP priority (lowest DFP priority number) from that group and builds the default food prescription. If the DFP priorities for all the assigned risk factors are the same, the system will use the default food package ID from the first risk factor returned from the group. Most of the time, the default package IDs will be the same for all of the assigned risk factors.

• More default food packages have been set up since the implementation of the new food package rule. They are more specific to WIC category, age category, and breastfeeding amount. More risk factor entries were added to the risk factor Reference Dictionary table so that they are also based on WIC category, age category, and breastfeeding amount. The combination of these new default food package and risk factor reference entries allows the system to assign default food packages automatically.

• The user certifies an infant of any age.

• The system automatically creates future food prescriptions with effective dates equal to the dates the infant moves to the next age category. It uses the default food packages for those age categories as determined by the state.

• The system also automatically creates a child food prescription with an effective date equal to the child's first birthday. It uses the default food package for the one-year-old child as determined by the state.