Sentences with phrase «safety net programs like»

In 332 counties across the country, Planned Parenthood served at least half of the women who rely on safety net programs like Medicaid and Title X for their birth control.

It also includes widely used safety net programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps), and a significant amount of federal spending on transportation, among other things.

Did you know that diapers are not covered under safety net programs like food stamps or WIC?

Diaper need affects 1 in 3 families — and safety net programs like food stamps and WIC do not cover diapers.

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No matter where one stands on the debate over safety - net programs like welfare and food stamps, or massive federal undertakings like Obamacare, everyone agrees that those need taxation to fund them.

Programs like these are called safety nets for a reason — yank them away and people get hurt, today more than ever.

And instead of reducing or dropping programs like the NSLP, she thinks such programs should be expanded to provide what she describes as a «food safety net» particularly for children living in low - income households.

Congresswoman Tenney voted in support of the Republican House Budget Resolution, which aims to slash government safety - net programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

I think maybe the best - case scenario in terms of what this is going to look like is that progressives do a much better job of connecting the dots between climate change, economic inequality, a shredded safety net, a political program that has waged decades of war not only on the idea of bold climate action but on the idea of investing in a serious way in the public sphere, really connecting the dots.

The Academy advocates to protect and expand federal anti-poverty and safety net programs, including those that provide health care (and access to health care through Medicaid and CHIP), early education (such as Head Start and Early Head Start), quality child care, affordable housing and home visiting, as well as critical nutrition assistance programs like WIC, SNAP, school meals, and summer feeding programs.

It also marks the beginning of the «health center funding cliff» precipitated by the failure of Congress to work together to renew funding for the Health Center Program and other critical safety net programs, like the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).