President's 2012 Budget Proposes Restoration to SNAP/FS Cuts

Last week, President Obama's released his proposed 2012 FY budget.

The President's proposed budget provides support for the federal nutrition programs and anti-hunger efforts, including:

• Restoration of cuts to SNAP/food stamps made last December to partially finance Child Nutrition Reauthorization,
• Suspension of a restriction that caps food stamp benefits to certain adults trying to meet program work requirements
• Support for WIC,
• New funding for school breakfast expansion grants,
• Restoration of cuts to emergency food,
• Support for state and local anti-hunger efforts,
• Funds for the Congressional Hunger Center, and
  
• Support for the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, and effort to combat food deserts.

When passed/adopted, the 2012 budget will go into effect on October 1, 2011.

To learn more about funding for the Department of Agriculture, please visit the White House (here) and/or the Food Research and Action Center (here).