250 WIC program public meetings  

  • WIC Program Public Meetings

    [36 Pa.B. 776]

       The Department of Health (Department) announces two public meetings on the following dates at the locations indicated to receive comments and suggestions about the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC Program).

    Thursday, April 20, 2006
    10 a.m.--3 p.m.
    Allegheny County Health Department
    Investment Building, 6th Floor
    239 Fourth Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1712

    Wednesday, April 26, 2006
    10 a.m.--3 p.m.
    WIC State Agency Office
    Health and Welfare Building, Room 610
    7th and Forster Streets
    Harrisburg, PA 17120

       The Department invites comments on all aspects of the WIC Program's operation. General comments on other issues pertinent to the WIC Program are also requested. Persons wishing to give testimony at the public meetings are requested to preregister with the Pennsylvania WIC Program Office by calling Bonnie Mellott at (717) 783-1289. Persons unable to attend are encouraged to submit comments to the Department of Health, Division of WIC, 7th and Forster Streets, Room 610, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Written comments will be accepted until May 31, 2006.

       Written comments and those presented at the meetings will be used in developing the State Plan of Program Operation and Administration for the WIC Program for the 2007 Federal Fiscal Year, which runs October 1, 2006, to September 30, 2007.

       Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this notice (for example, large print, audiotape, Braille) or wish to attend the meeting, preregister or provide comments and require an auxiliary aid service should contact Bonnie Mellott, WIC Education/Outreach Coordinator at (717) 783-1289 or for speech and/or hearing impaired persons, V/TT (717) 783-6514 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at (800) 654-5984.

       These meetings are subject to cancellation without notice.

    CALVIN B. JOHNSON, M. D., M.P.H.,   
    Secretary

    [Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-250. Filed for public inspection February 10, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]

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