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[ID] 629 [Interest Areas] Community Organizer Concerned Citizen Lactation Professional [Comment] WIC offices SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PAY for artificial infant formula without an assessment of the infant and the mother for reasons why the mother cannot breastfeed. The system is backwards, paying mothers to avoid breastfeeding and thereby increasing healthcare costs for the infant as well as the approximately $1200.00 per year retail cost for artificial formulas [Topic] 
Community Support for Breastfeeding in Complementary Programs (e.g., Early Head Start, Home Visitation, Parental Training)
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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