Food aid for low-income mothers, babies becomes spending flashpoint


The result, advocates and state-based WIC administrators fear, is that they may have to begin putting people on waitlists to receive aid like breastfeeding support, baby formula and other nutrition assistance.
Those warnings have become more urgent after Congress passed a stop-gap spending bill last week that left out the White House’s request for an additional $1 billion in…
This story appeared on politico.com, 2023-11-21.