{"id":13636,"date":"2025-07-07T09:36:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/virginia\/?p=13636"},"modified":"2025-07-07T13:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:35:14","slug":"budget-reconciliation-bill-our-next-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/virginia\/2025\/07\/07\/budget-reconciliation-bill-our-next-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget Reconciliation Bill: Our Next Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The federal budget reconciliation bill is now law \u2013 cutting nearly\u00a0<b><i>$200 billion<\/i><\/b>\u00a0from SNAP, putting millions of children and families in a direct path to hunger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As our Senior Vice President George Kelemen said, \u201cTaking food off the table for families at a time when food costs are already high and continue to rise is unconscionable. We can afford to end hunger in this country, and once again, with these cuts, kids will lose.\u201d Read his full statement\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokidhungry.org\/who-we-are\/pressroom\/statement-share-our-strengths-george-kelemen-responds-passage-budget-bill\"><u>here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These cuts mean less food on the table for kids. Period. That means our mission to make sure kids have access to the consistent nutrition they need and deserve is more important than\u00a0<i>ever<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>We are deeply disappointed, but we won\u2019t slow down our fight for kids.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Here\u2019s what we\u2019re doing next:\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\">We\u2019re connecting with partners in communities across the country to assess the impact of these unprecedented cuts, and developing a plan to make sure kids continue to get the meals they need.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\">We\u2019ll be on Capitol Hill next week with a group of volunteer leaders and advocates from the culinary community and will make clear the harm these cuts will bring.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">We\u2019re preparing to prevent even deeper cuts to core anti-hunger programs being proposed as part of the FY26 Appropriations process.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Here are three ways you can help right now:<\/b><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\">Repost and share our statement on social media.<\/span><u><\/u>\n<ul>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\"><u><a id=\"OWA53c1d041-13da-d0a4-1e7b-9477bdf36d4e\" title=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:7346610313166766081\/?actorCompanyId=19887\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:7346610313166766081\/?actorCompanyId=19887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/u><\/span><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a id=\"OWA8c0181d0-fc18-7f6f-c34d-0e0b27229c14\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nokidhungry\/status\/1940844295147475413\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nokidhungry\/status\/1940844295147475413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">X<\/a><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\"><u><a id=\"OWAfccfbd47-251f-3006-0db0-a6cd9b35324a\" title=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nokidhungry.org\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nokidhungry.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Bluesky<\/a><\/u><\/span><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\"><u><a id=\"OWA2b31a0e7-f2c2-809b-de30-307818e291f4\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/416160413874059\/posts\/1151084147048345\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/416160413874059\/posts\/1151084147048345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Facebook<\/a><\/u><\/span><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\"><u><a id=\"OWAb6c1102a-50e4-0b28-4470-1e9957469e86\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLp_arfMTGB\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLp_arfMTGB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Instagram<\/a><\/u><\/span><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\"><u><a id=\"OWAcecd37e8-b799-5137-ef7b-b6aba626ef45\" title=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@nokidhungry\/post\/DLp_Nv7Rfu7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@nokidhungry\/post\/DLp_Nv7Rfu7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Threads<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Consider a gift to help us expand our support for school and summer meal programs \u2013 ensuring that kids continue to get the meals they need no matter what.\u00a0<\/span><span role=\"presentation\"><u><a id=\"OWA9e8ee255-3c68-a639-6766-aaf5b23829a5\" title=\"https:\/\/secure.nokidhungry.org\/site\/Donation2?df_id=25366&amp;25366.donation=form1&amp;mfc_pref=T\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.nokidhungry.org\/site\/Donation2?df_id=25366&amp;25366.donation=form1&amp;mfc_pref=T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Donate now.<\/a><\/u><\/span><span role=\"presentation\"><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span role=\"presentation\">Stay tuned. We have a lot of work ahead of us, and we\u2019ll be turning to the No Kid Hungry community in the weeks and months to come for help. We are so grateful to have you by our side.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal budget reconciliation bill is now law \u2013 cutting nearly\u00a0$200 billion\u00a0from SNAP, putting millions of children and families in a direct path to hunger. 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