WIC, SNAP and school nutrition programs will be hampered in how they serve low-income Americans.
Some recipients of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children may be turned away from stores as early as next week, said Geri Henchy, director of nutrition policy at Food Research & Action Center, a nonprofit organization for eradicating hunger and undernutrition. Many families may be unaware the program stopped putting money on their electronic benefits cards and will be stranded at the grocery checkout with no way to pay, she said.
“What’s being proposed is just shutting off the money. For many states, that means the program just stops,” Henchy said.The Agriculture Department has a contingency fund that might continue the program for a day or two, and some states may have leftover benefits that have not been spent, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters during a White House press briefing on Monday.WIC isn’t the only nutrition benefit that would be affected if a shutdown drags on.
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