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Urge support for child nutrition |
| From the Presbyterian Washington Office:
Tell the President to
Provide New Funding for Child Nutrition
December 3, 2003
By Carolynn Race
Now that Congress has extended the reauthorization period
for child nutrition programs, we have another shot at getting significant
additional funding in the President's budget. This year's effort to expand
and improve child nutrition programs was frustrated because there wasn't any
"new" additional federal funding to pay for program improvements and
expansions. Now there is an opportunity to remedy this problem, but time is
running out.
Right now the President and others in the Administration
are hammering out their FY2005 budget. Advocates are urged to push the White
House to include in the President's budget at least $550 million per year in
new federal funding for the child nutrition programs.
This week, we need five minutes of your time to weigh in
with the Administration on the importance of new funding for these vital
nutrition programs. Here's how you can help...
E-Mail and Call
the White House. Tell the White House that improving and expanding the child
nutrition programs (school breakfast, school lunch, WIC, the summer food
program, and the child and adult care food program) is critical. Urge the
President to include $550 million per year in "new" funding in the budget
for improvements in the Child Nutrition Programs. To call the White House,
call 202-456-1111. To e-mail,
go
to Capwiz,
follow the script
and add your personal concerns.
Published by the
Stewardship of Public Life (SPL) advocacy program of the Washington Office,
Presbyterian Church (USA), 110 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, D.C. 20002,
(202) 543-1126,
www.pcusa.org/washington.
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John Harris’ Summit to
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