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- Stand Up for Children’s Rights – Call the White House to Save WIC and SNAP [ No comments]
- June 24, 2011
First off, thanks to so many of you who contacted your representatives after reading the last post about the House agricultural appropriations committee bill! Unfortunately, the cuts to WIC, TEFAP, the SNAP Reserve fund, and other programs important to hungry kids remained in the final version passed by the House. That means there’s still work to be done to keep the needs of low-income children at the forefront of our officials’ minds.
Tags: joe biden , snap , white house , wic - Bill Shore: Statement on Federal Budget Cuts [ No comments]
- February 16, 2011
On Monday, President Obama released his much anticipated 2012 federal budget proposal. Most notable for those of us in the anti-hunger community, and weary of budget cuts that could potentially impact critical child nutrition programs, is that these programs will actually retain their current level of funding, with $7.9 billion for discretionary nutrition program support.
Tags: budget , food stamps , Obama , SNAP , white house , WIC - Holding Ourselves Accountable When Stakes Are High [ No comments]
- June 21, 2010
Share Our Strength's founder, Bill Shore, explains why favorable conditions for a strong Child Nutrition Act reauthorization and other recent successes mean the pressure is on for the No Kid Hungry campaign.
Tags: Child Nutrition Reauthorization , childhood hunger strategy , No Kid Hungry , white house - Report from White House Childhood Obesity Meeting [ 1 comment]
- April 15, 2010
Last Friday, I was lucky to be one of approximately 100 guests of the President’s Task Force on Childhood Obesity, called to the White House to share ideas and insights...
Tags: Cooking Matters , event , let's move , obesity , Operation Frontline , white house
