LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada lawmakers are anticipated to approve a $7.3 million grant to fund the WIC Program because the federal authorities shutdown continues.
The Interim Finance Committee of the Nevada Legislature is scheduled to think about the grant at its Thursday assembly. The request was submitted by the Governor’s Workplace of Emergency Administration.
WIC — a federal diet program for Ladies, Infants, and Kids — supplies meals assist for thousands and thousands of low-income moms and their younger kids throughout the nation. It is an essential supply of vegatables and fruits, low-fat milk and toddler system for a lot of households. Final week, the Trump administration introduced it was utilizing $300 million in tariff revenues to maintain this system afloat.
A report from The Related Press mentioned the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada was in a position to reopen on Friday after a short lived closure. Democratic Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto mentioned her workplace helped get the operation going once more in a social media publish on X.
Final week, state coordinators sought to guarantee Nevadans that help would proceed, urging Nevadans to proceed to redeem their meals advantages and attend clinic visits.
Almost 40,000 WIC recipients reside in Clark County as of the start of June 2025.
The Interim Finance Committee is assembly in Las Vegas on the Nevada Legislature Workplace Constructing, Room 165. The constructing is at 7230 Amigo Road. It should even be teleconferenced in Carson Metropolis.
