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Oregon officials warn HR1 changes could narrow access to SNAP/WIC supports that stabilize early childhood nutrition
Summary
OHA and ODHS officials told the committee that SNAP and WIC are critical to early childhood nutrition; they warned that federal policy changes (H.R. 1) could reduce adjunct eligibility, with downstream effects on school meal program qualification and other linked benefits.
State health and human services officials told the Senate Interim Committee that SNAP and WIC remain central to early childhood nutrition but that proposed federal changes could reduce eligibility and have cascading local effects.
Naomi Adlin Biggs, public health director at the Oregon Health Authority, described links between early-life nutrition and brain development and said that Oregon WIC served roughly 114,390 unique individuals in 2024. Jessica Amaya Hoffman, deputy director at the Oregon Department of Human…
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