SEATTLE — The ongoing government shutdown is now affecting women and children in need of food assistance. The federal nutrition program known as Women, Infants & Children, or WIC, is at risk of ...

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013 file photo, a special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children, better known as WIC, bag sits on a shopping cart waiting to be loaded into a recipient ...

The state has enough contingency funding to keep the Women, Infants and Children program, or WIC, running for a week or two. FILE - Infant formula is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive to ...

OLYMPIA - The Washington State Department of Health received additional federal funding to continue the state's Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program through mid-to-late November, according to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that supports millions of low-income mothers and their young children received a $300 million infusion from the Trump administration this week, alleviating some ...

Senate bill proposes $8.2B to fully fund WIC, while House version cuts key benefits. Advocates warn funding gaps may harm 6.8M women and children relying on WIC support. WIC cuts could reduce produce ...

Federal food benefits for Washington mothers and their babies at risk due to the federal government shutdown will continue into mid-to-late November, the state announced Thursday. Funding from the U.S ...

Washington mothers and their babies will have access to food benefits through the end of the month, even though the federal government remains shut down, the state’s Department of Health said Thursday ...

When the federal shutdown began Oct. 1, officials said money for the benefits could run out in a couple of weeks. Washington mothers and their babies will have access to food benefits through the end ...