Section 2599. Criteria for high risk areas


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  • In selecting those areas which
      would be determined to be high risk and therefore eligible for a  grant,
      the commissioner may consider factors including, but not limited to:
        1.  fifty  percent  or  more  of  those  potentially  eligible are not
      participating in the food stamp program or where a significant number of
      the population potentially eligible, particularly the working  poor  and
      the elderly, are not participating;
        2.  twenty-five  percent  or more of children are eligible for free or
      reduced price meals within the school lunch program;
        3. infant mortality or morbidity rates;
        4. economic indicators including, but not limited to, the unemployment
      rate, prevailing wages, and recent loss of job base;
        5. high concentration of at risk populations; and
        6. unavailability of food assistance programs in the area  because  of
      lack  of provider participation or knowledge about the existence of such
      programs.