1988-085-RES WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Health, originally funded by the U. S. Department of Agricultural,
RESOLUTION NO. 88-085
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Health, originally
funded by the U. S. Department of Agricultural, has
initiated cost saving measures that allow expansion of the
Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC); and,
WHEREAS, the program's expansion has been made possible
at no additional cost to the taxpayers; and,
WHEREAS, the statewide expansion efforts enable the
Paris/Lamar County WIC Project to serve 200 additional
citizens of Lamar County; and,
WHEREAS, the WIC Program provides low-income women,
infants, and children under age five, who are at nutritional
risks, with supplemental foods, nutrition education, and
referral to health care; and,
WHEREAS, the WIC Program has been proven effective for
the prevention of nutrition-related health problems such as
anemia, toxcemia, premature and low-birth weight infants,
and other maternal and pediatric illnesses; and,
WHEREAS, the health of mothers, babies, and children of
Lamar County is of utmost priority; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED That the City Council of the City of
Paris be on record that it supports the WIC Program and that
AUGUST 1988 be called Women, Infants, and Children's
Nutritional Month, and direct all citizens of Lamar County
to support the expansion of the WIC Program as a vital
assistance to the women, infants and children of Lamar
County.
Passed and adopted this
29th day of August, 1988.
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