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www.legis.state.wi.us/waml/

SNA-WI Can help you invite a legislator to your school to learn more about school nutrition issues.  The more our legislators know about school breakfast, the more likely Wisconsin will be to budget for an increase in breakfast reimbursement and pass ERP legislation.  read more...

Contact your State Senator and State Representative about School Breakfast Programs!

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Read SNA-WI’s legislative Issue Paper

RESOLUTION
Whereas, the federal child nutrition programs, including the school lunch and breakfast programs, are important to the health and education of the children of Wisconsin;

Whereas, the child nutrition programs must be reauthorized by the Congress of the United States during the current fiscal year;

Whereas, reduced price school meals are offered, in participating schools, to children with family income between 130 percent of the poverty line and 185 percent of the poverty line;

Whereas, many families in the reduced price income category are finding it difficult to pay the reduced fee and, for some families, the fee is an insurmountable barrier to participation;

Whereas, the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides free benefits to all participants with family income below 185 percent of poverty; and

Whereas, legislation has been introduced by Senators Dole (R-NC) and Roberts (R-KS) to phase out the reduced price meal program, harmonizing school meals with WIC;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the SNA-Wisconsin supports reauthorization of all federal child nutrition programs;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the SNA-Wisconsin urges the Congress of the United States to eliminate the reduced price school meals programs, and to provide free meals for all children with family incomes below 185 percent of poverty; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this RESOLUTION shall be sent to the State’s Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C.

(LAC) Leadership Action Conference, 2007

Assembling the breakfast at the State Capitol, 2007

Wisconsin delegation to the Legislative Action Conference, Washington, DC. March 2007

Senator Kohl and the SNA-WI delegation, Washington, DC. March 2007

SNA-WI meets with Representative Kind at his Washington DC office, Washington, DC. March 2007

SNA-WI Legislative Committee members attending LAC, Washington DC. March 2007 Bottom row - from left: Sharon Boos, Deb Goad, Marilyn Hurt, Cindy Loechler Top row - from left: Sue Sausen, Karen Brummer and Betsy Farah. Missing - Kymm Mutch and Bryan Larsen.