WIC woes

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The government is facing $1.2 trillion in “automatic” budget cuts that will go into effect March 1. They’re a result of the decision made by Congress a couple years ago to basically put off solving the growing federal budget problems. Programs nearly across the board will be cut, including WIC. But how will WIC be affected? continue reading »

The government has so much money appropriated to WIC that they are spending it looking for and targeting MORE clients! That’s right: California’s WIC program is utilizing Geographic Information System software to help determine where people who fall under WIC’s income and eligibility guidelines are living, yet who are not utilizing services. This is so they can help market themselves to those people better and get more clients. continue reading »

I’ve been doing some more research on illegal immigrants as I’ve been trying to form some of my own opinions on the topic of immigration. To be honest, I still don’t feel like I’ve done enough research to have a strongly formed opinion, but I did find some interesting facts. continue reading »

Often in my reading and research on WIC, I run into comments people make about illegal immigrants coming in and taking advantage of all our government programs (including WIC). Other times I read people saying that it’s not true, and that illegal immigrants are not allowed to access these programs. Because of the confusion I thought I’d clarify this issue here. continue reading »

The $504 million dollar cut to WIC is expected to not have an effect on participants because that amount is a surplus beyond what it looks like they are going to need. According to the Eastern Idaho Public Health department participation in WIC is down locally and nationally and the cuts aren’t expected to make much of a difference this year. Why would WIC participation be down in an economy that’s down? continue reading »