And who is teaching moms the correct way to measure, mix, and give the formula, store the opened formula, clean the bottle, and provide safe water to mix it? Is the shelter volunteers checking for expiration dates, damaged cans, etc? Who is ensuring that the formula in not being used to cut drugs, or taken back to the discount giant stores and traded in for gift cards that mom can use for beer and cigarettes? Who is determining if the formula is the correct type needed for the baby's particular health conditions? Who is responsible for making sure that mom is signed up for services for which she is eligible ( WIC, Food Stamps, Food Commodities, Transitional housing, housing assistance, etc)? It sound like a very small bandaid on a very large wound. Just providing the formula isn't ensuring the health and safety of the baby. Barbara Whitehead, BS, IBCLC, RLC Eastern NC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html