AHNC Update: Sign On Letter for 2015 WIC Appropriations

AHNC Update - May 7, 2014 The National WIC Association is circulating a sign-on letter for FY2015 WIC Appropriations urging Congress to provide sufficient funding for the WIC program to ensure that no eligible applicants will be turned away, to maintain current and anticipated WIC participation levels, to assure adequate nutrition services and administration (NSA) funding, and to respond adequately to forecasts of food cost inflation.  Additionally, the letter urges Members of Congress to preserve and protect WIC's scientific integrity, opposing efforts to alter the landscape of foods available in the science-based WIC food package. To view the letter, go to:  https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws.upl/nwica.org/coalition-partner-letter-4-21-14.pdf. To sign the letter, go to:  https://nwica.wufoo.com/forms/sign-on-wic-funding-letter/. The deadline to sign on is COB Thursday, May 8th. Please feel free to forward this to other partners.
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