bidenThe temporary spending bill signed by the President on the 16th includes extending the agricultural program and food subsidies commonly known as “food stamps” through September next year, but forLow incomeThe Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants and Young Children only has enough funding to provide it for a few months.
The temporary spending bill proposed by the new Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, passed the House of Representatives and the Senate on consecutive days on the 14th and 15th, giving the federal government a budget until January 19 of the next year; The bill also includes approval of the 2018 Farm Bill, extended by one year to September 30, 2024.
Farm bills on the scale of up to $0.5 trillion are voted on every five years. The money is mainly used for agricultural subsidies, crop insurance, conservation programs etc. If the agriculture bill is not pushed forward, some agricultural programs will end by the end of this year. The House and Senate agriculture committees have not yet released a draft of the 2023 farm bill.
The temporary spending bill was signed by Biden. The 41 million people nationwide who receive the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as “food stamps,” can continue to receive it.welfareTill 30 September 2024. However, for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the temporary spending bill only provides funding through January 19, 2024, because “the Special Child Nutrition Assistance Program for Women and Infants is not included in the Agriculture program.” Is” .
The competent authority, the Department of Agriculture, reported that the “Special Nutrition Assistance Program for Women and Infants” provides food, breastfeeding assistance, and other services to 6.7 million low-income women and infants in the United States.
Georgia Machel, interim president and CEO of the National WIC Association, issued a statement saying the Special Nutrition Assistance Program for Women and Infants and Young Children would have been denied if its budget was insufficient to avoid a reduction in benefits or new applicants. Yes, Congress should take immediate action. The statement said that whether it is cutting benefits or rejecting new applications, this is unnecessary and unacceptable.
The latest data from the Agriculture Department shows that millions more Americans will not have enough to eat in 2022 than in 2021.
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