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3. Uniform Federal Assistance Regulations, 7 CFR Parts 3015 and 3016; 4. Applicable federal regulations located in 7 CFR Part 246; 5. State WIC Policy and Procedures Manual located in 25 TAC § 31.1, and 6. Client Services Standards for Public Health and Community Clinics, revised June 1997. 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. 95 % 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; 87 % of clients who are enrolled in the program, excluding dual participants, transfer locked and/or migrant clients, shall participate as food voucher recipients each month (breast-feeding infants are also included in the client count); 33 % of inféJllts whose mothers were participants in the program during pregnancy shall be breast- fed at or before the time of their certification of eligibility; and 95 % of clients who indicate during the enrollment process that they have no source of health care shall be referred to at least one source of health care at certification of eligibility . A monthly activity report which demonstrates PERFORMING AGENCY'S efforts towards meeting assigned annual targets shall be completed and submitted to RECEIVING AGENCY within seven (7) working days after the end of each month. SECTION ll. SPECIAL PROVISIONS: General Provisions, ASSURANCES Article, is hereby amended to include the following: PERFORMING AGENCY hereby agrees that it shall comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USC §§2000d et seq., Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 USC §§1681 et seq., Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,29 USC §794, Age Discrimination Act of 1975,42 USC §§6101 et seq.; all provisions required by implementing the regulations of the Department of Agriculture, 7 CPR Part 246; Department of Justice Enforcement Guidelines, 28 CFR Parts 50.3 & 42; and Food & Nutrition Service (FNS) directives and guidelines, to the effect that no person will, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, ATTACHMENT - Page 3 ---- -------