Tools

Understanding The US Government

Branches and Checks and Balances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bf3CwYCxXw

Bicameral Congress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9defOwVWS8&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOfse2ncvffeelTrqvhrz8H&index=2

Understanding Appropriations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2PZ3ga633U

WIC funding falls under the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee. When advocating, it’s important to focus on the state legislators that hold a seat on appropriations committees

Congressional Committees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evLR90Dx79M&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOfse2ncvffeelTrqvhrz8H&index=7

How Congress Makes Decisions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT9ipQdYL-s&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOfse2ncvffeelTrqvhrz8H&index=10

Interest groups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOvBA7oIIgc&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOfse2ncvffeelTrqvhrz8H&index=42

This explains why advocacy is so important. Although WWA does not use money to persuade legislators, this makes it even more important for us to consistently advocate, since the requests of well-funded interest groups and wealthy corporations are powerful and not usually in the favor of lower-income families

Current Advocacy Topics (2021-2022)

WIC in WI 2022 handout (pictured above, created 2/2022 by WWA Communications Committee)

State-by-State Breakdown of the Impact of WIC’s Cash Value Benefit Increase. Please note these numbers for geographic states are inclusive of Inter-Tribal Organization’s (ITO’s).

Wisconsin WIC Breakdown: 2021-state-of-wic-factsheet-wisconsin

State of WIC Report-2022

Key WIC Marker Bills – a marker bill is a piece of legislation (a bill) that brings attention to a specific area of focus to be included in a larger legislative effort, such as Child Nutrition Reauthorization.

MODERN WIC Act

The WIC Act

WIC for Kids Act