Government Shutdown Threatens Funding for WIC Program

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Nutrition programs face their own shutdown

Health programs are feeling the pinch of the ongoing government shutdown. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and the food program for women, infants, and children, WIC, is likely to run out in November, and cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are keeping the agency from carrying out some of its primary public health functions.

Warning Issued on Food Benefits for Women, Children If Government Shutdown Persists

A nonprofit group representing nutrition and health service providers warned on Oct. 21 that millions of people enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) may not receive food aid in November as the government shutdown entered its fourth week. The National WIC Association said in a statement that millions of U.S. families could have their access to the WIC program cut off as early as Nov. 1 due …

Government shutdown threatens funding for WIC program

The federal government shutdown is not only worrying federal employees but is also affecting families who rely on services like the WIC program.

Federal nutrition program remains operational in California despite federal shutdown

The U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1, causing uncertainty among recipients of funding from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). WIC provides baby formula, healthy food, breastfeeding support and nutrition education for eligible mothers and children under five. During a government shutdown, discretionary spending programs like WIC operate off of available funds until Congress appropriates money for …

U.S. Government shutdown affecting JC WIC program

The Jewell County Commissioners, Ed Duskie, Brent Beck and Ervin Underwood, met Oct. 13 with Myka Zadina, county clerk, present. The commissioners discussed the KCAMP delegate. No official action was recorded. Jim Foster gave a road and bridge update. He said rock hauling had begun at the county line with patch work to follow. The project is planned from the Smith County line to the Nebraska line...