House WIC Cuts Would End Food Assistance for 200,000 to 350,000 Low-Income W...

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House WIC Cuts Would End Food Assistance for 200,000 to 350,000 Low-Income Women and Children

via Center on Budget: Comprehensive News Feed on 5/23/11

A large cut in the WIC nutrition program that the House Appropriations Committee approved last week would force WIC to turn away 200,000 to 350,000 eligible low-income women and young children next year. This cut, part of the 2012 appropriations bill that the Committee approved May 31, would break a 15-year commitment by Administrations and Congresses of both parties to provide enough WIC funding to serve all eligible women, infants, and children who apply. The proposal is particularly …

 

 

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