North Carolina is the first, and only, state in the nation to stop issuing vouchers for formula and nutritional food for at-risk newborns, young children and expectant mothers as part of the federal government shutdown.
The aberration was noted this week in publications like Governing, a national public policy magazine, which pointed out $125 million from a USDA emergency contingency plan kept the program up and running in the 49 other states.
Now, questions are being raised about why North Carolina stopped issuing vouchers on Tuesday, instead of furloughing employees or finding other sources of funding to keep vouchers for formula and food going to the young children and their mothers that depend on the program.
Editors Note – Well wouldn’t you know right after I posted this, news came the funding has been reinstated. You can read about the reinstatement here and make your own conclusions. http://www.wral.com/shutdown-forces-dhhs-to-halt-wic-benefits/12983538/
This country is in a heap of trouble. The President is in way over his head and members of congress are acting like children who used to take their marbles and go home when things got rough.
Gas prices are going up all over town–have you noticed? Just who is minding the national store??