A shutdown would affect the nearly 7 million women and children who rely on WIC for healthy food. Free school lunch and Meals on Wheels are also at risk, and SNAP could be impacted eventually too.
offers healthy food, nutrition information, breastfeeding support and other resources to low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women and children up to age 5. It serves nearly half of the babies born in the U.S.
Depending on how long a potential shutdown lasts, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could be impacted too, Vilsack added. It would continue as normal through October, according to the USDA. Vilsack is especially worried about farmers. Many rely on marketing loans, which help them hedge the price they get for the crops they're harvesting. Otherwise, Vilsack said, they would have to accept the price the market gives them and potentially lose profit, which"could be the difference between that farm family making a profit off the farm or not."
While many of its key farming and social safety net programs have the mandatory funding to continue into the foreseeable future, Vilsack added, farmers need the consistency and certainty of the legislation — and Congress needs the USDA's expertise to draft it. Plus, a shutdown could also keep healthy food from reaching other populations who struggle to access it, from children to the elderly.
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