A record 1,808 people took advantage of the federal government’s nutrition program for low-income women and young children last month, Pettis County Community Health Center officials said Thursday.
“We’re at an all-time high,” said Mary Lou Shane, Women Infant Children coordinator and nutritionist for the Pettis County Community Health Center. “Sometimes it’s hard to get people in pretty quickly, but we seem to be managing okay.”
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