Dear Friend,

Quick update: Funding for WIC (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) is at risk. And your voice is needed now to protect WIC during the fiscal year 2026 budget process!

→ Please take a few seconds to sign on to our letter to Congress to urge them to fully fund WIC!

What’s happening? The bill is currently being considered in the U.S. House, and so far, the Republican-controlled House and White House proposals include cuts to WIC and reduce the fruit and vegetable benefit. Those proposed cuts hurt our families and our economy alike, so we need your help telling Congress: “Stop the cuts!”

*Sign NOW to tell your U.S. Representative to open avenues for moms, children, and families to thrive by fully funding WIC!

With food costs continuing to rise, WIC participation rates continuing to increase, and severe cuts to food assistance just passed by Congress, we must keep the pressure on our lawmakers to protect this program so families can build good lives and thrive. 

-Jessica, Hanna, Karen, Donna and the whole MomsRising team

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Protect WIC, which gives hard-working moms the tools they need to take care of their families! SIGN NOW

Dear Friend,

Funding for WIC, the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program, which is a lifeline for millions of families, is at risk. Again. So your voice is needed again!

→ WIC gives hard-working moms the tools they need to take care of their families. Tell your U.S. Representative to fully fund WIC.

Here’s what’s happening: Last year you powerfully rose up to protect the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) from threatened cuts— tens of thousands of you signed our petition and shared with lawmakers how WIC has helped your families. And it worked! THANK YOU!!

Now, your voice is needed again to protect WIC during the fiscal year 2026 budget process. With food costs continuing to rise, WIC participation rates continuing to increase, and severe cuts to food assistance just passed by Congress, we must keep the pressure on our lawmakers to protect this program so families can build good lives and thrive.

→ WIC gives hard-working moms the tools they need to take care of their families. Tell your U.S. Representative to fully fund WIC.

WIC has had strong bipartisan support in the past – so we can (and need to) build strong support now. In fact, for the past 30 years, there has been a bipartisan commitment in Congress to provide the funding to serve all eligible WIC participants. Last month, the U.S. Senate advanced a funding bill that continues this bipartisan tradition to fully fund WIC. This bill passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 87-9. The U.S. Senate-passed bill increases WIC funding to $8.2 billion, which is an estimated $500 million increase to meet the anticipated increase in participation. The U.S. Senate bill also protects the popular cash value benefit (CVB) so that WIC participants can continue to purchase fruits and vegetables. [1]

Now the bill is being considered in the U.S. House, and so far, the Republican-controlled U.S. House and White House proposals include cuts to WIC and reduce the fruit and vegetable benefit. [2] Any cuts to funding or benefit amounts— especially during this time of rising grocery prices— would harm the over 6 million women and children who participate in WIC to provide healthier food for their families and build good lives.

That is why we are calling on YOU to tell your U.S. Representative to support the Senate-passed bill that fully funds WIC and preserves the fruit and vegetable benefit!

Moms like Amy in Georgia use the fruit and vegetable benefit to raise healthy kids:

“WIC is extremely helpful to my family. I have had it since I became pregnant. My favorite aspect is cash towards fruits and vegetables, fresh, canned, and frozen. It helps me keep fruits and veggies at every meal to show my child what a balanced diet looks like. WIC is very easy to use and allows me to budget for bills and other important things for baby.”

The fruit and vegetable benefit both allows millions of moms to feed children the fresh, nutritious produce they need and love (strawberries! apples! carrots!); and helps children be healthy as they also develop lifelong healthy eating habits.

Sign NOW to tell your U.S. Representative to invest in the health of moms, children, and families by fully funding WIC!

WIC saves taxpayers money in the long run. Extensive research has found WIC to be a cost-effective investment that strengthens both our local and national economy and improves the nutrition and health of hard-working low-income families— leading to healthier infants, more nutritious diets and better health care for children. Children in families that participate in WIC also show higher academic achievement than similar children whose families did not participate. [3]

Sign our petition and say “The time is NOW for Congress to prioritize the needs of women and children by protecting WIC!”

Together we are a powerful voice for children and families!

-Jessica, Hanna, Karen, Donna and the whole MomsRising team

References:
[1] H.R. 3944- Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
[2] WIC Fruit and Vegetable Benefit at Risk
[3] Policy Basics: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children

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