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John,
More families with young children are going hungry today than just two years ago.1 That’s because, in addition to higher food prices, poverty is also rising.
In fact, between January and March of 2023, participation in WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) already exceeded USDA projections for all of FY2024.
That’s why we just got people to send nearly 18,000 messages to U.S. senators urging them to increase WIC funding so that no family who needs nutrition assistance is turned away.
The Senate is expected to vote this week on a spending package that does not include enough funding to meet WIC’s anticipated need. A new analysis shows that a lack of increased funding will result in 600,000 eligible people being put on waiting lists.2
Rush a donation today to keep the pressure on Congress to act so that mothers, infants, and children don’t go hungry.
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Early access to healthy and nutritious food is critical for both fetal and child development. Access to WIC is associated with healthier birth rates, lower risk of infant death, and improved child cognitive function and overall health.
Postpartum mothers and young children shouldn’t have to go hungry. We have the resources to combat hunger, we just need the political will to act.
Donate today to keep the pressure on Congress to increase WIC funding to adequate levels so that no one is turned away.
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When the Senate votes on its appropriation package this week, we need them to hear loud and clear that they must increase funding for WIC and ensure that young children and postpartum moms are not turned away from the nutrition assistance they badly need.
Thank you for all you do to help children and their families,
Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs
1 U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Data Tables, calculations by Coalition on Human Needs (see slide 21, here)
2 600,000 Young Children and New Parents Could Be Turned Away Unless Congress Adheres to a 25-Year Bipartisan Commitment to Fully Fund WIC
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