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Laredo council instructs city manager to keep WIC services running if federal funding stops
Summary
The Laredo City Council voted to authorize the city manager to continue funding the WIC program and related public-health staff for a 90-day transition if federal funds are interrupted; WIC benefits are currently secured through November 2025, officials said.
The Laredo City Council on Oct. 20, 2025, voted to instruct the city manager to continue funding the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program and related public-health services if federal funding is paused, and approved a 90-day transition window to sustain operations while staff seek replacements or other funding.
Mayor Victor D. Trevino said the motion before the council was prompted by an uncertain federal funding picture for multiple public-health programs and asked that the city be prepared to maintain services if federal support were to stop. “I’d like the council to provide directions to the city manager to continue funding the WIC program and providing services to these families in the event that the city is informed by the federal government that there is no more funding,” Trevino said.
The vote…
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