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<br /> available to participants at the clinic or through written agreements with health care <br /> providers. <br />E. Issue prenumbered food vouchers furnished by the RECEIVING AGENCY to qualified <br /> participants, who will use such vouchers to obtain specified food items from participating <br /> vendors; maintain complete accountability and security of all food vouchers received from <br /> the RECEIVING AGENCY; and be held fmancially responsible for all unaccounted for <br /> food vouchers and/or those issued to ineligible participants. The PERFORMING <br /> AGENCY will also be held fmancially accountable for unauthorized infant formulas issued <br /> to participants. <br />F. Review the immunization record of WIC Program applicants/participants and provide <br /> immunizations as needed, using staff funded under this Attachment in accordance with the <br /> WIC Policy and Procedures Manual provided by the RECEIVING AGENCY to the <br /> PERFORMING AGENCY or as otherwise approved in writing by the RECEIVING <br /> AGENCY Program. <br />The PERFORMING AGENCY will comply with all applicable laws, regulations, standards, and <br />guidelines established at federal, state and local levels as these rules now appear or may be <br />amended during the period of this Attachment. These include but are not limited to: <br />1. Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 USC 1786); <br />2. Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591; <br />3. Uniform Federal Assistance Regulations 7 CFR Parts 3015 and 3016; <br />4. Applicable federal regulations located in 7 CFR Part 246; <br />5. State WIC Policy and Procedures Manual located in 25 TAC § 31.1, and <br />6. Client Services Standards for Public Health and Community Clinics, revised June 1997. <br />PERFORMANCE MEASURES <br /> <br />RECEIVING and PERFORMING AGENCIES agree that the following performance measures <br />will be used to assess in part the PERFORMING AGENCY'S effectiveness in providing the <br />services set forth in this contract Attachment, without waiving the enforceability of any of the <br />other terms of the contract. <br />95 % of families who participate in the WIC program by receiving food vouchers shall receive <br />nutrition education or individual counseling services to coincide with food voucher issuance. For <br />purposes of this measure, a family will be counted by the WIC Information Network (WIN) <br />system as receiving nutrition education or counseling if at least one participant in the family is <br />documented as having a nutrition-education or counseling contact during the same calendar month <br />as the month of the first date to spend on the food vouchers. <br /> ATTACHMENT - Page 2 <br />