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Anchorage public-health officials outline WIC contingency plan as federal transfers short-term funds
Summary
Public Health told the assembly that federal Section 32 transfers will temporarily sustain WIC operations but not solve long-term funding; municipality has a municipal-formula contingency to buy and distribute infant formula if federal benefits lapse and is coordinating potential staff-pay decisions with the mayor's office and OMB.
A Public Health Division presenter (speaker 10) told the committee that the National WIC Association and the White House Office of Management and Budget have arranged a federal transfer of Section 32 funds (cited in the briefing as about $450,000,000) to sustain state WIC programs on a short-term basis while Congress negotiates appropriations (SEG 710'SEG 718). The presenter said "As of today, there have been no interruptions in WIC participant benefits here within Anchorage, and all…
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