The federal budget proposed yesterday calls for drastic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).

From our partner Feeding America:

Even though SNAP benefits are not enough to feed a family, they help recipients stretch their grocery budgets and put nutritious meals on the table. This program puts food into the hands of some 42 million Americans, almost half of them under the age of 18. Any cuts to SNAP funding would put millions of families at risk, including tens of thousands here at home.

TEFAP is a critical program that provides food banks with nutritious food from US growers and also helps transport and store the food. The food banks and pantries supported by TEFAP are a big part of how food goes from farm to table. In fact, almost one in five meals distributed by all local hunger-relief agencies in 2016 was moved, stored, and served because of TEFAP. That's four billion meals a year to families in need from the Feeding America network alone.

We urge you to reach out to congress and tell them that this budget is not good for America. The combined cuts to SNAP and TEFAP could result in at least 4.5 billion fewer meals to families facing hunger every year. 

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