265 WIC program public meetings

WIC Program Public Meetings

[37 Pa.B. 857]
[Saturday, February 17, 2007]

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

Erie
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
10 a.m.--3 p.m.
John F. Kennedy Center
Conference Room
2021 East 20th Street
Erie, PA 16510

West Chester
10 a.m.--3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Chester County Health Department
601 Westtown Road
Suite 190
West Chester, PA 19380-0990

Harrisburg
10 a.m.--3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
WIC State Agency Office
2150 Herr Street
1st Floor, Suite B
Harrisburg, PA 17103-1625

   The Department invites comments on all aspects of the WIC Program's operations. 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 pre-register with the Pennsylvania WIC Program Office by calling Bonnie Mellott, WIC Education/Outreach Coordinator, at [phone]. Those unable to attend are encouraged to submit comments to the Division of Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Department of Health, 7th and Forster Streets, Room 610, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Written comments will be accepted until May 31, 2007.

   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 2008 Federal Fiscal Year, which runs October 1, 2007, to September 30, 2008. Additional information about the meetings or the state plan may be obtained by calling the State Office at [phone].

   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 [phone], or, for speech and/or hearing impaired persons, V/TT [phone] or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at [phone].

   These meetings are subject to cancellation without notice.

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

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 07-265. Filed for public inspection February 16, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]