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If you've wondered about the impact of welfare reform on children, you'll be interested in the Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP). C-SNAP concludes that there is a direct link between welfare sanctions and children's health. Specifically:

Families with infants and toddlers whose welfare benefits have been eliminated or reduced by sanctions have an approximately 50% higher risk of being food insecure than similar families whose benefits have not been decreased.
In studies conducted in Boston and Minneapolis in 2001, infants and toddlers of US-born families have an approximately:

40% higher risk of food insecurity compared to 1999.
30% higher risk of being underweight compared to 1999.
50% higher risk of being hospitalized during an emergency room visit compared to 1999.

C-SNAP shows that government policy impacts our children and their future.

C-SNAP Report
To read the entire C-SNAP report, The Impact of Welfare Sanctions on the Health of Infants and Toddlers, click here.

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