Under the current white house administration, several important, federally funded programs that assist people, who might otherwise not have access to fresh produce and other healthy staples, could go under the knife. The food stamps program, a long-time beneficiary of federal monies, no known as as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is one. WIC, which stands for women, infants and children, thereby signifying its primary target, is another supplementary nutrition program potentially up for a chopping session, should the currently proposed budget cuts get enacted.
Perhaps more disconcerting is the number of seniors already cut off from using vouchers, normally provided by the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutritional Program. In Danbury, Connecticut, even though some vouchers were already distributed, they are currently useless until the state budget gets passed. Until then its been decreed that market sellers will not be reimbursed.
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