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Committee backs resolution supporting state bill to allow WIC supplemental funding amid federal shutdown
Summary
Committee voted to support LRB 5098, a bill that would allow the state to provide supplemental funding for the WIC program if federal funding lapses; members noted SNAP remains at greater near-term risk of running out of funds.
The Judiciary and Legislation Committee voted to support a city resolution backing LRB 5098, a state bill that would permit Wisconsin to provide supplemental funding for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program if federal WIC payments are interrupted by a federal government shutdown.
A legislative presenter described the bill to the committee and said the state Department of Health Services indicated WIC likely has funding through November but that SNAP…
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