I would like to add one statistic coming out of the Harvard study that the Post does not mentionfor every $1 spent in the prenatal part of the WIC program. $3 in future hospitalization costs were avoided. If only we could say that about all our Federal programs. The bill also contains program revisions in WIC such as improving outreach among migrants. providing bilingual personnel and nutrition education materials. where appropriate. requiring States to reallocate funds within States to insure the most effective distribution of dollars. and permitting States to advancefund organizations where necessary. Our bill does not contain the administrations proposal to prohibit a WIC voucher program from starting in an area with a WIC commodity program. or vice versa. I believe that as long as we do not have sufficient funding to serve all the eligible population. we should permit both programs to operate in the same area where that will substantially increase the number of people served.
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