Food Aid Program for Low-Income Women and Children Gets More Temporary Funding

An injection of $450 million for WIC comes as the Trump administration announced it would only fund partial benefits for another food aid program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...

WIC food program receives $300M to keep running during government shutdown

The Trump administration has provided a $300 million infusion to a food aid program for low-income mothers and children, ...

What is SNAP? What is WIC? And will those government benefits stop in November?

A primary difference between WIC and SNAP is that the Women, Infants and Children program provides more than just food.
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Women, Infants and Children food benefits are at risk if shutdown lasts

IGA Foodland grocery store in Juneau in 2022. Among the most vulnerable Alaskans to the ongoing federal shutdown could be thousands of parents who depend on WIC to help them buy food. WIC is the ...