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K. RECEMNG AGENCY may provide breastpumps for eligible WIC participants either by purchasing and distributing breastpumps to PERFORMING AGENCY or by authorizing PERFORMING AGENCY to purchase or lease the breastpumps. If PERFORMING AGENCY is authorized to purchase the breastpumps, RECEMNG AGENCY will provide written notification of the specific types of breastpumps and collection kits, the inventory levels permitted, and cost guidelines. If this requirement is implemented, then the actual cost of breastpumps purchased by PERFORMING AGENCY will be reimbursed by RECEIVING AGENCY utilizing wrc Food Grant funds. When PERFORMING AGENCY receives or is authorized to purchase breastpumps, Nutrition Services and Administration funds may not be used for that purpose. The cost for the purchase of the breastpumps will not affect administrative surplus calculations. The number and cost of the breastpumps purchased must be identified separately on the face of the claim for reimbursement (State of Texas Purchase Voucher, Form B-13). PERFORMING AGENCY shall comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations, standards, and guidelines in effect on the beginning date of this Attachment unless replaced by subsequent amendment. The following documents are incorporated by reference and made a part of this contract Attachment. These include: 1. Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 USC 1786; 2. Uniform Federal Assistance Regulations, 7 CFR Parts 3015 and 3016; 3. Applicable federal regulations located in 7 CFR Part 246; 4. State WIC Policy and Procedures Manual located in 25 TAC ~ 31.1, and 5. RECEIVING AGENCY Client Services Standards for Public Health and Community Clinics, revised June 1997. All amended guidelines will become effective within thirty (30) days of receipt by PERFORMING AGENCY. If PERFORMING AGENCY does not consent to comply with these guidelines, PERFORMING AGENCY may exercise the termination option set out in the General Provisions. PERFORMANCE MEASURES The following performance measures will be used to assess, in part, PERFORMING AGENCY'S effectiveness in providing the services described in this contract Attachment, without waiving the enforceability of any of the other terms of the contract. 98 % of families who participate in the WIC program by receiving food vouchers shall also receive nutrition education classes or individual counseling services to coincide with food voucher issuance; Of all pregnant women who enter the WIC program, at least 32 % shall be certified as eligible during the period of the first trimester of their pregnancy; A TT ACHMENT - Page 3