Tell Congress: Don't Take Healthy Food Away From Low-Income Families

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) is a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of low-income families; ensuring they have the opportunity to eat fresher, healthier foods. In Colorado alone, SNAP has reached 476,000 residents and close to 2/3 of the recipients are either children, elderly, or disabled.

But now SNAP is under threat. The Trump administration is laying out a disastrous new proposal that would make SNAP virtually unrecognizable. We need to urge Congress to stand against the proposed cuts.

Here are two things we think you should know about the proposed changes:

1. It would create these things called "Harvest Boxes." Sure, the name sounds nice and like it could be a good thing. But here's the deal – these boxes would roll back the progress SNAP has made in terms of providing access to fresh, healthy, and locally produced foods. Instead, the federal government would bring families Harvest Boxes containing non-perishable, shelf-stable items – taking away the range of options recipients now have at the grocery store and forcing SNAP recipients to eat more processed and preserved foods.

2. It would bring a $213 billion to cut SNAP over the next 10 years in the budget. That's a 30% cut. That's $213 billion that would have been used to feed millions of American children and families. We know that deep cuts to social programs are harmful to people who despite many of them having jobs, still struggle to make ends meet.

We all win when our communities are healthy and prosperous.Sign your name now and urge our elected officials to represent Coloradans and stand by this crucial social program. We cannot allow our leaders to make harmful cuts at expense of the health of our neighbors. There is no healthier Colorado if we take away healthy food options from our low-income families.
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