Zoe Neuberger
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Important update on #WIC funding⬇️ As the appropriations process unfolds, it will be critical for policymakers to adopt the Senate's approach--providing enough funding for all eligible families who seek help to be served & receive the full fruit & vegetable benefit.
Yesterday, Senate appropriators approved their bill to set 2026 #WIC funding. In stark contrast to the House bill, the Senate version maintains the nearly 30-year commitment to providing enough funding to serve all eligible applicants with the full science-based food benefit.
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If you work on #schoolmeals, you might be interested in the ramifications of the school voucher proposal in the Senate GOP reconciliation plan on public schools.
The nat’l school voucher proposal in the Senate GOP reconciliation plan wld threaten students’ access to quality public schools, give tax breaks to the wealthy, & override states that have rejected these harmful policies. Lawmakers who care abt our kids’ futures should reject it.
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Important update on #WIC funding for next year . .
85 cents a day may not sound like a lot for a parent to purchase fruits & veggies for their toddler. Yet the House Ag Approps Chair called this amount “hugely inflated” & wants to eventually cut the already modest $26 monthly #WIC benefit to $10/month.
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The full Congress should reject this approach and invest in the health of our youngest children by providing enough #WIC funding to serve all eligible applicants without cutting fruit & vegetable benefits.
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In addition, the House bill cuts overall #WIC funding. Even with the benefit cut, the bill doesn't include enough $ for expected participation & risks eligible families being turned away—especially if food costs rise or participation grows, which is extremely likely.
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While the House’s cut to #WIC’s fruit & vegetable benefit is far smaller than the Admin’s, there's no good reason to take any fruit & vegetables away from toddlers, preschoolers, & new/expecting parents who are struggling to put healthy food on the table.
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For more than 25 years, Presidents and Congresses of both parties have adhered to a commitment to provide enough funding for the WIC program — the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,...
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House R’s ag appropriations bill released this morning breaks the nearly 30-year bipartisan commitment to fully fund #WIC so that all eligible families who apply can receive WIC’s full food benefits, nutrition education, and breastfeeding support.
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The Administration says it wants to improve children’s health, but instead the President’s budget proposes to slash #WIC’s fruit & vegetable benefits by >$1.3 billion for >5 million young children & new/expecting parents who are struggling to make ends meet.
President Trump’s 2026 budget would cut #WIC food benefits by more than $1.3 billion for more than 5 million young kids and new & expecting parents with low incomes by slashing their fruit & vegetable benefits, despite the Administration’s stated goal of improving child health.
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In addition to the harmful effects of the underlying SNAP cuts, these ripple effects would make it harder for children in eligible low-income families to get enough to eat, all while saddling school and WIC staff with duplicative paperwork.
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Eligible low-income children who lose SNAP would no longer be automatically enrolled in Summer EBT. And harmful changes to the TFP (a market basket of foods set by USDA), would not only slash SNAP benefits for all participants, but could also cut Summer EBT benefits.
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Plus, fewer high-poverty schools would be eligible for, or able to adopt, the community eligibility option to serve meals at no charge to all students. They’d have to reinstate school meal applications, potentially for the first time in a decade.
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SNAP enrollees are automatically eligible for free school meals & Summer EBT. Children whose parents lose their SNAP benefits & are unable to successfully navigate the application process would miss out on school meals.
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Pending #SNAP cuts could not only take food away from children in families with low-income who use SNAP benefits to buy groceries, but also make it harder for those families to get #WIC & free school meals, and might lead to a Summer EBT benefit cut.
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In seeking deep cuts through a fast-track budget process, Republican lawmakers could soon advance proposals that would take away food assistance from low-income families with children or make it...
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House Republicans’ proposed education "reconciliation" cuts do not include the harmful #schoolmeal proposals that were being considered. That’s a huge relief for the low-income children who rely on them. But it does not mean children’s nutrition programs are safe.
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The #SNAP cuts that would likely result from this cost-shifting proposal would not only put children at risk of losing SNAP benefits, but would make it harder for eligible low-income children to get #WIC or free #schoolmeals.
NEW ESTIMATES: The policy reported here—adding a state cost-share for #SNAP that ramps up to 22.5%—would impose $23.65 billion in new costs on states just in the first year it's fully phased in. This would likely lead to deep cuts to food assistance. State numbers in link below⤵️.
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On top of Congressional proposals that would reduce assistance that helps children in families with low incomes get enough to eat or see a doctor, their housing could be at risk too
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Proposals that Congress could enact this year, including through fast-track “reconciliation” legislation, would reduce assistance that helps children in families with low incomes get enough to...
More disturbing reporting on President Trump’s upcoming budget, including plans for devastating cuts to housing programs which would push many into evictions and homelessness.
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And check the impact in your state in these fact sheets⬇️.
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Congress is considering Republican proposals that would make it harder for low-income families with children to get food assistance, which would likely increase their grocery costs and increase...
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Republican lawmakers are considering #schoolmeal cuts that would mire schools in red tape, make it more likely that low-income, eligible children miss out on meals, and increase their families’ grocery costs. Learn more in this new @centeronbudget brief:
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In seeking deep cuts through a fast-track budget process, Republican lawmakers could soon advance proposals that would take away food assistance from low-income families with children or make it...
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