House WIC Cuts Would End Food Assistance for 200,000 to 350,000 Low-Income Women and Children
By Zoë Neuberger and Robert Greenstein
"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."
Note: The report contains state-by-state data on estimated participation cuts in FY 2012 relative to participation in March 2011.
View the full report:
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3499
http://www.cbpp.org/files/5-23-11fa.pdf 3pp.
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