In a message dated 2/12/99 7:53:42 PM Central Standard Time,
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<< After days like yesterday
 when I helped a 4# premie twin latch on for the first time since her birth on
 1/2/99, I know it is really worth it, but it would sure be nice to be
 appreciated for my knowledge and experience. >>

Amanda,
Perhaps a heartfelt letter to the financial controlling forces of the program
for your state.   Express the need for more funding to allow you to better
serve the clients in your counties,  and allowing you to do so with pay
instead of in your free time.

Also,  if you have the time,  you might look into writing Grant proposals
that could help fund the program to give you the additional hours, etc.
Just an idea.

Barbara Petzoldt,  LLLI,  WIC Peer Couns.
Fenton MO