Take Action: Urge Your House Member to Sign Letter to House Ag Committee Protecting SNAP and Other Nutrition Programs
Now that the Super Committee has failed to reach an agreement on deficit reduction, action shifts to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees to develop a Farm Bill. Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and James McGovern (D-MA) are circulating a Dear Colleague letter urging the House Agriculture Committee to protect SNAP and other low-income nutrition programs as it considers options for the next farm bill.
SNAP is one of the most flexible safety net programs, making it critical during times of economic distress. Between 2007-2009, SNAP enrollment increased 29 % in N.C.! By the official end of the recession, one in three children in North Carolina benefited from SNAP-up 23 % from the beginning of the recession.
In the 2009 school year, half of all public school students in North Carolina qualified for free or reduced price school lunch.
These programs are essential to the well-being of North Carolinians. Urge your House Member to support SNAP and nutrition programs by signing the letter by Friday, December 9, COB. Click the link below to view a recent letter signed by 127 House Members urging the Super Committee to protect SNAP and other low-income safety net programs from budget cuts.
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