Cuts to Health and Nutrition Services May Be Putting Babies at Risk

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : To learn more about how public policy is impacting American families, and to access tools to become an advocate for infants and toddlers, visit ncit.org/take-action.
49% : The pressure to balance state budgets could mean dropping optional Medicaid services, reducing or eliminating state participation in SNAP, or cutting other early childhood services, such as early care and learning.
44% : Economic fall-out could mean cuts to services: Provisions requiring increased state cost-sharing for SNAP, combined with restricted financing measures for Medicaid, will leave a state budget gap of over $440 billion over 10 years.
39% : According to the Congressional Budget Office, cuts to Medicaid will cause as many as 10 million people to lose their health insurance by 2034.

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