2013 WICBUDGET WIC provides nutrition and COMPARISONS
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WIC 2013 Change in WIC Funding % From Fiscal Year 2012* President Obama Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee House Agriculture Appropriations Committee Sequestration, law under the Budget Control Act of 2011 NO Cut NO Cut NO Cut 735,000 2,000,000 SOURCES Date Changes Scheduled to Go Into Effect, Pending Congressional Approval Probable Other Cuts Estimated Caseload Cut BUDGET PLANS House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan** NO OTHER CUTS 250,000 WIC Mothers & Young Children *Details of the Ryan plan have not been released. This is the aggregate estimated cut for WIC and other programs like WIC. Approximate caseload cut estimate is based on FY 2011 total caseload of 8,960,593 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3635 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3816 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3658 = NO OTHER CUTS WIC provides nutrition and breastfeeding education, nutritious foods, and improved healthcare access for 9 million at-risk low-income mothers and young children. BUDGET COMPARISONS 10% -10% -20% -30% -22% -8.2% +4.6% +6.4% +6.4% FISCAL YEAR 2012 BUDGET “I have a Bachelor’s degree, a decent job, and stable life, plans and goals. Why would I ever need to ask for help? Nevertheless, that day came, and it more than changed my idea of the type of people that need to ask for help…I must declare that my new baby son and I have benefited tremendously from the WIC program...I wouldn’t have been able to progress in my life as well as I have...I speak not only for my family, but for the women and children I see every day that benefit from this assistance. We all need help. To live and thrive in today’s world financially is quite difficult. Even with two hardworking parents in the home, it is challenging to keep up with the financial demands, even if you simplify your existence down to the bone.” -WIC Participant, Iowa **The Ryan budget proposes aggregate cuts of 22% to non-defense domestic discretionary programs. WIC is a non-defense domestic discretionary program. Breastfeeding Peer Counselors Infrastructure MIS/EBT Breastfeeding Peer Counselors Infrastructure MIS/EBT Breastfeeding Peer Counselors Infrastructure MIS/EBT 2013 2013 2013 2013 JANUARY 2013 OCTOBER +
Transcript of 2013 WICBUDGET WIC provides nutrition and COMPARISONS
WIC2013
Change in WIC Funding % From FiscalYear 2012*
PresidentObama
SenateAgriculture
AppropriationsCommittee
HouseAgriculture
AppropriationsCommittee
Sequestration,law under the
Budget Control Act
of 2011
NO Cut NO Cut NO Cut 735,000 2,000,000
SOURCES
Date Changes Scheduled to Go Into E�ect, Pending Congressional Approval
ProbableOther Cuts
Estimated CaseloadCut
BUDGETPLANS
House Budget Committee
Chair Paul Ryan**
NO OTHER CUTS
250,000WIC Mothers & Young Children
*Details of the Ryan plan have not been released. This is the aggregate estimated cut for WIC and other programs like WIC.
Approximate caseload cut estimate is based on FY 2011 total caseload of 8,960,593
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3635http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3816
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3658
=
NO OTHER CUTS
WIC provides nutrition and breastfeeding education, nutritious foods, and improved healthcare access for 9 million at-risk low-income mothers and young children.
BUDGETCOMPARISONS
10%
-10%
-20%
-30% -22%
-8.2%
+4.6%+6.4%+6.4%FISCAL YEAR 2012 BUDGET
“I have a Bachelor’s degree, a decent job, and stable life, plans and goals. Why would I ever need to ask for help? Nevertheless, that day came, and it more than changed my idea of the type of people that need to ask for help…I must declare that my new baby son and I have benefited tremendously from the WIC program...I wouldn’t have been able to progress in my life as well as I have...I speak not only for my family, but for the women and children I see every day that benefit from this assistance. We all need help. To live and thrive in today’s world financially is quite di�cult. Even with two hardworking parents in the home, it is challenging to keep up with the financial demands, even if you simplify your existence down to the bone.” -WIC Participant, Iowa
**The Ryan budget proposes aggregate cuts of 22% to non-defense domestic discretionary programs. WIC is a non-defense domestic discretionary program.
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