Child Nutrition

Background

Background on Child Nutrition

Latest News

HNR: House and Senate to Attempt Passing a Final Bill Cutting Aid to Poor (12/9/05)
NYTimes: GOP Forces $50 Billion in Budget Cuts Through House (11/18/05)
HNR: House Leadership Can't Dig Up Votes to Slash Medicaid, Child Support, Food Stamps, SSI, and Foster Care (11/11/05)
WashPost: Food Stamp and Other Cuts on Table (11/3/05)
HNR: Final Conference Agreement on WIC Spending Approved In House (10/28/05)

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Policy Analyses and Research

Bread for the World: Frontline Issues in Nutrition Assistance 2006 (11/21/05)
FRAC: Number of Hungry and Food Insecure Americans Jumps to 38 Million in 2004 (10/28/05)
Boston Medical Center: The REAL Cost of a Healthy Diet (8/18/05)
The monthly cost of a healthy diet is $148 more than the maximum monthly Food Stamp benefit
C-SNAP: Food Stamps Are Good Medicine for Children (8/2/05)
Annie E Casey: 2005 KIDS COUNT Report Shows Increase in Child Poverty (7/27/05)

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Government Resources


Status and text of H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (The budget reconciliation bill approved by the House 11/18/05)
Senate Appropriations Committee: S. Rept. 109-92 Agriculture Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (6/27/05)
House Appropriations Committee: H. Rept. 109-102 Agriculture Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (6/2/05)
GAO: Means-Tested Programs: Information on Program Access Can Be an Important Management Tool (3/11/05)
FY 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Bill (HR 4818) (11/21/04)

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