Child nutrition and WIC programs renewed.

• Position: TRENDS AND TRANSITIONS - Women, Infants and Children - Brief article

Congress reauthorized Child Nutrition and WIC programs in October. Included were school breakfast and lunch, summer nutrition and after-school nutrition programs, food programs in child and adult day care, as well as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). These programs alleviate hunger and help millions of poor children go to school more ready to learn.

The current difficult economy increases the need for food assistance and makes maintaining the federal financial commitment to child nutrition imperative to states. In addition, the reauthorization provides an...