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Congress may cut WIC access for 360,000

Changes to SNAP and Medicaid could make it significantly harder for families to access WIC benefits

Salon

Takeaways from AP's report on social safety nets in states that ban abortion

Recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press found states with restrictive abortion laws have more porous safety nets for mothers and young children

The Independent UK

In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families

Tennessee has nearly total abortion ban and a porous safety net for mothers and young children

The Independent UK

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WIC needs more access, less politics

"The premise is simple, but the impact will be profound," says the CEO of the National WIC Association

Salon

Project 2025 dietary rollbacks would limit fight against ultra-processed foods

Conservative ‘wishlist’ of policies for a future Trump administration goes so far as transforming food and farming

The Guardian - US

TikTok and online orders: WIC at 50

Between spreading awareness on TikTok and advocating online grocery ordering, WIC pushes to keep up with the times

Salon

Food and the real cost of Trump tariffs

However, other topics related to hunger — like SNAP, WIC or universal free school meals — were ignored

Salon

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Republicans fought WIC — and WIC won

In a year of increased hunger, a win for food security

Salon

Fiscal 2024 spending finale starts to take shape - Roll Call

House and Senate leaders rolled out a $467.5 billion, six-bill appropriations package Sunday afternoon ahead of votes this week.

Roll Call

Inside the GOP's "Orwellian" SNAP plan

"It would set a terrifying precedent of intruding on the most private areas of our lives"

Salon

GOP forces face-off between SNAP and WIC

WIC may get the additional funding it desperately needs — but there's a really big catch

Salon

"Food is medicine," but only for some

"Nutrition is health. It is critical that all Americans have access to healthy food."

Salon

Fox's telling "smoothiegate" hypocrisy

When inflation is up, so is hunger — but that's the part conservatives want to ignore

Salon

Momentous and precarious: WIC turns 50

"The promise of WIC has been that the program will be there for anyone who needs it. It's a promise worth keeping"

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Jennifer Garner-Hamdi Ulukaya: ‘1 in 5 American kids may go to bed hungry tonight–and unprecedented attacks on the 50-year-old bipartisan WIC program could make the situation even worse’

'Our country has never turned its back on hungry children. But unless Congress acts to provide full funding by Jan. 19, we will have done just that.'

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Severe Obesity on the Rise in Preschool-Aged US Children

Study reveals increasing trend in severe obesity among U.S. preschoolers, raising concerns about future potential health issues.

The Independent UK

Study bolsters evidence that severe obesity increasing in young US kids

A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children

Salon

Why the hunger crisis is just beginning

Food bank demand is high, while donations are down. Meanwhile, WIC is under threat

Roll Call

House passes two-tiered stopgap bill to avert shutdown - Roll Call

The House easily passed Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap spending measure that would continue to fund the government into the new year.

WEKU

Millions of American families struggle to get food on the table, report finds

17 million U.S. households were food insecure in 2022. That's 3.5 million more than the prior year. Families with children and people of color experienced higher than average rates of food insecurity.

Salon

The vast importance of WIC for babies

"About 2 in 5 of the 3.7 million babies born in the U.S. in 2022 benefited from WIC"

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