Federal Continuing Resolution Bill Threatens Anti-Poverty Programs

This week, the House passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the FY 2011 (through September 20, 2011). The bill proposes to cut spending by more than $65 billion in the next seven months.

Proposed cuts could affect:

• WIC,
• Commodity Supplemental Food Program,
• Congressional Hunger Center,
• Hunger Free Communities Grants,
  
• Home Energy Assistance Program
• Head Start, and
  
• Community Services Block Grant.
  

Read the press release from the House Committee on Appropriations (here) and check out a chart of program cuts (here).

For additional analysis, visit the Food Research and Action Center (here).

Join a national effort led by the Coalition on Human Needs to protect programs and services for low-income families (here).