COVID-19 Relief Needed Amid Growing Hunger

Our nation’s children have been hit especially hard during the pandemic. Thirteen million children, 1 in 6, are projected to face food insecurity in 2021, according to Feeding America. Essential programs that address child hunger, although continuing to operate, expired in 2015. The time to strengthen and protect these programs and our children’s future is long overdue.

Urge Congress to provide universal free school meals, expand Summer EBT nationwide, improve WIC benefits, and expand farm to school programs.

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I am grateful that the last Congress extended Pandemic-EBT and SNAP benefits in the COVID-19 relief bills--but it is just not enough. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate vulnerable communities across the United States with a disproportionate impact on Black, Indigenous, people of color, and immigrants, and worsening the effects of hunger and poverty around the globe.

The pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities in our safety net and food systems. Specifically, Congress should:

* Make permanent the 15 percent increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to ensure vulnerable U.S. families have the nutrition they need during tough times.
* Make permanent the summer EBT program to ensure that any time children miss school meals, they don't miss out on nutrition.
* Provide at least $20 billion in funding for the global response to COVID-19 to avert a human catastrophe that will rob an entire generation of their God-given right to flourish.
* Provide at least $3 billion for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

These unprecedented times call for unprecedented courage and action. God calls on us to care for our neighbors in need (Matthew 25:35, 40).

As Congress considers a new COVID-19 relief bill, I urge you to make permanent the summer EBT program, the 15 percent SNAP increase, invest $20 billion for the global response to COVID-19, and provide at least $3 billion for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

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