The House and Senate
Agriculture committees will be marking up bills that could dramatically
cut food stamp benefits and restructure the program. We need to tell our
Senators and Representatives in Congress that now is the time to
strengthen and protect SNAP, not cut it.
Call your Senators and Representative TODAY and urge them to protect SNAP and TEFAP!
Today through Thursday, April 19
are national SNAP/TEFAP call-in days. You can call toll-free and urge
Senators Murray and Cantwell and your Congressional Representative to
speak up on the need to protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).
Call1-877-698-8228 and you will be directed to your members' offices. Ask them to do the following:
Oppose any efforts to cut SNAP benefits or to limit eligibility
for the program. Instead, members should champion efforts that protect
and strengthen SNAP, because SNAP
Helps slow down the poverty rate, lifting 3.9 million individuals above the federal poverty line.
Acts as an economic stimulus by generating $9 of economic activity for every $5 spent.
Is
working exactly as it is supposed to: expand in times of economic need
and it will shrink as our economy takes a turn for the better.
Protect
TEFAP so that it too can remain responsive in times of high economic
need by increasing the availability of nutritious food in our emergency
food provider network and helping food banks pay for the costs of
stocking their shelves, transporting food for distribution, and keeping
their lights on.
The mission of Northwest Harvest is to provide nutritious food to hungry people statewide in a manner that respects their dignity, while fighting to eliminate hunger. Our vision is that ample nutritious food is available to everyone in Washington state.
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