Cuts to SNAP-Ed affecting long-term health in Georgia

Written By QCC

"QCC is a grantee of SNAP-Ed funding and has used it to promote nutrition programming across the state—educating children about locally-grown foods and helping build teaching gardens at Head Start programs."

Ellyn Cochran, QCC's President and CEO, emphasizes the importance of these programs: “So these educational programs really get kids excited about the food, about local food, about food grown in their communities.”

- via WABE

Cuts to SNAP-Ed threaten the future of these vital programs. Learn more and help us continue this work.

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For more than 40 years, Quality Care for Children's mission has been to ensure that Georgia’s infants and young children are nurtured and educated so that every child can reach their full potential by helping:

- child care programs provide nutritious meals and educational care to young children so they are ready for success in school,

- parents access quality child care so that they can attend college or succeed in the workplace.

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