Take Action to protect SNAP
Funding for supplemental nutrition assistance—a vital support for low-income families and children—is on the chopping block. This week the House of Representatives will debate the Farm Bill, which includes nearly $21 billion in catastrophic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP (formerly food stamps), causing millions of low-income children and families struggling with hunger to see their food assistance cut, or to lose their benefits entirely—a loss of 8 billion meals.
We must take action. We cannot let this happen.
Here are two ways you can take action:
Tomorrow, June 18, is a National Call-In Day. Call your member of Congress to express your opposition to the Farm Bill and the $20.5 billion in cuts to SNAP. Call the toll-free hotline at 866.527.1087 to be connected to your member of congress.
Send an email to your member of Congress telling them that cuts to SNAP are unacceptable.
The House Farm Bill will:
Cause 2 million individuals to lose their SNAP benefits entirely
Cause 210,000 children to lose access to free school meals
Cause 850,000 households to see their benefits cut by an average of $90 per month
Slash nutrition-education funding, which helps low-income families stretch limited resources to maximize nutrition
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