Under the budget presented by the administration. $171 million is targeted to reduce infant mortality in 10 cities that the administration selected. 10 cities with very high incidences of infant mortality. Certainly. these cities need that. However. what concerned me about the administration proposal was that it was going to be financedand this is a wellintentioned proposalby taking money from one of the most effective health maintenance organizations we have in the United States today which are the community and the migrant health centers and also some of the money was going to come from the maternal and child health block grant. That is unfortunate because both of these programs provide needed services to lowincome patients. many of whom are women of childbearing age and to their children. In my State.