Sign the SNAP petition
Jun 05 2013 14:02
Below is an important message from our national partners, Voices for America's Children.
Nutrition assistance programs supporting our nation’s most vulnerable families are under attack. Funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) was reduced effective March 1, 2013 as a result of the federal sequester. WIC offers nutrition assistance to roughly 9 million low-income women and children.
Both the U.S. House and Senate are proposing to cut millions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, through their respective five-year farm policy bills.
Our nation cannot afford congressional budget cuts to the food stamp program, in addition to the existing cuts to WIC. In 2012, SNAP helped nearly 47 million low-income Americans to purchase a nutritionally adequate diet in a typical month. The average SNAP household has a net monthly income of just $338. Nearly 72 percent of SNAP participants are in families with children. Without SNAP assistance, these kids are more likely to get sick and less likely to perform well in school because of hunger or malnutrition. Please sign this online petition urging U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to reverse the proposed cuts to SNAP!
The deadline to sign the petition is June 21, 2013!
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