21st Century WIC Act of 2026

STATEMENT ON HARMS TO 0-5 YEAR-OLDS FROM IMMIGRATION ACTION AND FUNDING POLICY: NAC joined sign-on letter to Congress urging legislators to consider the harms that result for their funding decisions. Federal funding freezes and delays, sudden grant terminations, and massive cuts to health, nutrition, and other basic needs contribute to uncertainty in family budgets, cause childcare facilities to close, and generate enormous stress. Children should not be collateral damage. They are our future. How Congress makes decisions about funding and exercises its oversight authority is a test of our nations values. Our leaders have the power and responsibility to ensure that every child is safe, nourished, loved, and thriving. BUDGET 2026: Fiscal Year 2026 funding for the federal government includes important resources to uphold national security and ensure immigration laws are enforced humanely. In this sign-on, NAC joined others who are deeply alarmed by the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) growing and unchecked budget. Faith-based organizations are concerned about the direction of the Department's budget and enforcement priorities. DHS actions disregard due process and civil rights and liberties, leading to a historic number of fatalities both on the streets and within facilities. The letter respectfully urges appropriations leaders to use discernment in reconciling a final DHS bill that ensures faithful stewardship of taxpayer funds and stronger accountability and oversight. Sent to Senators Susan Collins and Patty Murray, and Representatives Tom Cole and Rosa DeLauro (Appropriations Committee Leaders). ACTION ALERT - SPENDING ON IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND DETENTION: NAC asks its network to contact members of Congress to vote NO on any funding measure that increases spending on immigration enforcement and detention. With funding provided in the One Big Beautiful Bill and other appropriations, the budget for Immigration and Custom Enforcement currently is larger than the annual budgets of all other federal law enforcement agencies combined. We must insist on limits, accountability and an end to the hostility and violence. EMAIL BLAST - PLEASE VOTE NO ON FY2026 DHS APPROPRIATIONS BILL (and oppose additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP)): NAC sent a blast to Members of Congress urging them to vote no on FY26 DHS Appropriations bill. --OBBBA provided $170 billion additional funding to the Dept. of Homeland Security and its sub-agencies, ICE and CBP, delivering an unprecedented multi-year expansion of immigration enforcement and detention. That funding has not led to safer conditions or stronger accountability. Instead ICE and CBP are acting with greater impunity (Sent to Approps LAs in House and Senate). FY 2027 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS, THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC): NAC joined sign-on to Congress urging them to fully fund WIC in FY27 to ensure that every eligible family seeking WIC services can receive them. New this year is to include in appropriations the MODERN WIC Act (H.R.1464)/21st Century WIC Act (S.3842) to create permanent virtual certification options in WIC before the current waiver allowing for hybrid services expires on September 30. Additionally, the request specifies: 1) Making a clear commitment to the scientific integrity of WICs food packages, 2) Investing in proven, early intervention. FUND COMMUNITY LIVING, CARE, NOT ICE VIOLENCE AND DETENTION: NAC was part of a sign-on letter to Congress that calls out the harm ICE violence and detention are having on disabled adults and children, their families, students, teachers and caregivers, especially those who are Black or brown. It also highlights the impacts of the Medicaid and SNAP cuts from HR1. The letter calls on Congress to halt all funding to DHS and reallocate the funding towards Medicaid, SNAP, and other essential services for people with disabilities and those who are Deaf and hard of hearing. HOLD THE LINE ON ICE AND CBP FUNDING: NAC joined a sign-on letter expressing gratitude that so many members of Congress united to vote against funneling more money to ICE and Border Patrol and urging Congress' ongoing commitment to this stance. EMAIL BLAST TO SENATE ON FUNDING FOR ICE & CBP: NAC sent an email to all Homeland Security LAs in the Senate to urge their bossed to give no additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP). PUT CHILDREN FIRST: As Congress deliberates FY26 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security, NAC joined a sign-on letter urging lawmakers to center childrens safety, stability, and well-being in their funding decisions. It calls on Congress to ensure the well-being and safety of children through significant reforms to immigration policies and practices as they deliberate federal appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security. These decisions will have profound impacts on childrens health, safety, stability, access to services, and lifelong opportunity, and signers demand principled action grounded in evidence and compassion. The letter asks Congress to reject status quo funding for the Homeland Security FY26 annual spending bill, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and include meaningful, enforceable safeguards that protect children and families and treat them with dignity. INVEST IN CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES: NAC joined this sign-on letter urging members of the House and Senate Appropiation and Budget Committees to invest in children, young people, and families in upcoming appropriations negotiations across multiple policy areas. The hope is that our letter is a complement to letters that delve deeper into specific population needs by highlighting the challenges young people and families have faced from a narrative perspective. The letter is open to national and state orgs. PREEMIE ACT & PREVENTING MATERNAL DEATHS ACT: NAC was part of a coalition letter in support of $5.5 million in appropriations funding for implementing components of the PREEMIE Act. Specific requests: $2 million for CDC research studies focused on preterm birth and its causes, $1.5 million to support the establishment of the newly authorized HHS interagency working group focused on preterm birth and infant mortality, and $2 million for the required National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) study on premature birth that will include an assessment of the costs, impact of social factors, and gaps in public health programs, and make recommendations to prevent preterm birth. Sent to Senate Chair Shelley Moore Capito, and Ranking Member Tammy Baldwin; and House Chair Robert Aderhaut, and Ranking Member Rose DeLauro; Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. OPPORTUNITY YOUTH FY 27 APPROPRIATIONS: For decades, federal investments to reconnect students and workers have been funded at levels that dont keep pace with inflation, let alone with demand from workers and employers. To achieve inflation-adjusted funding levels from five years ago (at the time of FY22 negotiations) requires an increase of roughly 20%. Given the current funding environment, NAC and others supporting the sign-on letter seek funding levels that account for inflation, as well as strengthen smaller, chronically underfunded programs for fiscal year 2027 (FY27). OPPOSE INCREASED PENTAGON FUNDING AND INVEST IN MEETING HUMAN NEEDS: As vital programs face cuts, the proposed dramatic increase in Pentagon outlay continues a pattern of excess, much of which flows to private contractors. The letter calls for a rebalancing federal priority by directing resources toward health care, housing, education, climate and public health protections, and programs that reduce hunger and poverty. Congress is urged to invest in communities and advance policies that strengthen economic security and shared prosperity. FUNDING ON BEHALF OF YOUTH AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES: NAC joined this sign-on written on behalf of the youth and adults with disabilities served by the signers. The 55 organizations that signed on respectfully reminded the Office of Management and Budget that Congress designed the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)-including the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)-to operate within the Department of Education. Federal laws establish these deeply interconnected offices and entrust them with the oversight, implementation, and enforcement of key disability statutes. Any attempts to restructure the Department or its functions through interagency agreements (IAAs), whether actions to date or those anticipated in the future, raise significant legal and practical concerns, therefore running contrary to Congressional intent. AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING: NAC joined this sign-on advocating for full and robust funding for federal housing programs serving older adults in fiscal year 2027. These programs are especially critical for older adults with low incomes, who face heightened risks of housing instability. Sent to Members of Congress. SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAMS: Millions of older adults struggle with hunger and social isolation without access to proven solutions through the Older Americans Act (OAA) Nutrition Program. The request to Congress is for full funding for the OAA Nutrition Program at $2.285 billion for FY27 to address mounting waitlists for home delivered and congregate meal services and keep pace with rising food, fuel and labor costs. INVEST IN US APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST: For appropriations legislation for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27), NAC as a member of the Invest in Us Coalition representing national, state, and local violence prevention organizations, asks the House Committees involved in appropriations to allocate $200 million to the Department of Justices Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) and $23 million for the Department of Health and Human Services Youth Violence Prevention program, administered through the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for 2027. Continued funding in CVI would support the implementation of program models such as: Street Outreach Intervention Group Violence Intervention Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Safe Passage Strategic Workforce Programs Victim and Survivor Services including: housing support, financial assistance, reentry services, legal assistance, and trauma counseling, among others. COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVETION APPROPRIATIONS LETTER: NAC joined this letter asking Congress to increase funding for community-based gun violence prevention funds (mainly for violence interrupters) to save and transform lives. This is restorative justice because a jail cell isn't the first response to communities of color. This letter supports must-pass legislation that will be considered this year. Sent to U.S. Senate and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE: This sign-on package includes four letters sent to various appropriators committees to urge them to fully fund key funding streams for survivors. It urges Congress to increase funding for federal programs that address violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking. Sent to Senators Moran and Van Hollen and Representatives Rogers and Meng. EMAIL BLAST ON FUNDING:NAC sent blast to Congress calling for measures that bring more transparency and accountability to ICE and CBP operations. NAC indicated support for funding the other components of the Department of Homeland Security, including TSA, community disaster readiness the U.S. Coast Guard and cybersecurity - but felt funding for ICE and CBP was another matter. Sent to LAs in House and Senate for Immigration, Homeland Security, and Budget Appropriations.

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

FY2027 Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program National Early Child Care Collaboratives Program Whole Child Health Issues related to pediatric research workforce at National Institutes of Health Stillbirth Working Group funding PREEMIE Act funding and implementation guidance Congressionally Directed Spending Emergency Medical Services for Children program Repeal of Section 510, to remove the ban on a unique patient identifier Issues related to funding for 340B rebate model FY27 Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) funding Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) funding and support for: o21st Century WIC Act (S. 3842) oMODERN WIC Act (H.R. 1464) FY27 Defense Appropriations Bill Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Neurofibromatosis Research Program

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

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