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Subject:                          Mom Makes a Plea about SNAP for Son

 

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In This Issue

Mom Takes Son's Message to Hearing

USDA Wants to Ax Unhealthy Snacks

Stabenow Pushes Farm Bill Package

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 February 2013                    Visit our website at:  www.ccj-mi.org 

 

 

A Mom Keeps a Promise to Her Son to Ensure that "No Other Mama Goes Hungry"

"I never thought that I would be so poor that food would be out of reach for me. But it all happened."

 

Tara Marks was a stay-at-home mom taking care of her two-year-old son when the baby's father walked out on them. She says she could hardly keep food on the table and had to ration food so that she and her baby Nathan could eat. Then there were the times she said there was barely enough food for Nathan. That's when she finally reached out for help. She says it changed her life. Tara applied for and received SNAP benefits (food stamps). She said it allowed her to fight her way out of poverty. "SNAP was a critical factor in my success. Having SNAP benefits allowed me to focus energy on school so that I could support us. I no longer stressed over purchasing food."

 

To read more about Tara's story click on www.ccj-mi.org. 

 

To read about the Senate Budget Committee Hearing at which Tara spoke, click here.  

 

 

 

                                               no burgers and fries

  New Rules on Snacks and Beverages Could be Coming to a School Near You

 

Big changes could be coming for vended foods sold at school to encourage healthier options. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking the next step to protect the nutritional needs of children under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.  It's trying to eliminate unhealthy foods in vending machines, snack bars, and "a la carte" lines in cafeterias sold outside the federally-reimbursed school meals program.  

 

For more on this story click on: www.ccj-mi.org. 

 

To read the entire Proposed Standards Rule and give your comments click on: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FNS-2011-0019-0001 



 

Senator Stabenow Pushes Sequestration Package

  

Unless Congress takes action to prevent sequestration, the first round of budget cuts in this country will take place on March 1st. Michigan's U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) is trying to prevent those cuts from happening.

 

Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is pushing a sequestration package that would save $27.5 billion over ten years. The plan would eliminate direct payments to farmers and avoid all sequestration-related U.S. Department of Agriculture cuts including meat inspections. It would also fund disaster assistance and all the programs that were left out of the farm bill extension passed on New Year's Eve. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is exempt from sequestration. Other important federal programs, including Women, Infants and Children, housing programs, and legal aid, are all scheduled for cuts.      

 

Click here for comments from Senator Stabenow.

 

Click here for more details on the sequestration package.

 

Sequestration is a fiscal policy procedure adopted by Congress to deal with the federal budget deficit. It is the cancellation of budgetary resources -- an "automatic" form of spending cutback.  

 

Click here for more information on sequestration.

 

 

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