If those budget cuts, even the most conservative budget cut, that is to say, putting it back to levels of several years ago, would result, not in an increase in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) participation, but perhaps as many as 250,000 participants in WIC not being able to be provided that opportunity.
Discussing potential impacts of budget cuts on WIC participation.
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