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From the Missouri Public Health Institute, updated 7/7/2026 3:25 pm
FYI, here is a link to the scale we bought to comply with the new requirements: Brecknell Wheelchair Scales - Hogentogler.com.
Total cost with shipment was $1,274.55 (tax free).
Here is some information we received from WIC regarding using WIC funds:
ADA scales are WIC eligible. LAs need to follow the same LAP, approval and acquisition processes to purchase, though.
If the purchase of the scale is not already in their FFY26 LAP budget they would need to choose one of the options below.
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Hi Scott, thank you for posting this information. Unless I missed it in the scale description, how do you know that this one is ADA compliant? Also, does it fold up by any chance?