A crucial form of federal nutritional assistance failed to reach the majority of eligible young children in recent years, even as conservative lawmakers have tried to smear public benefits recipients and further curtail their access to food aid.A study published last month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that in 2018, 53.4 percent of kids between the ages of 1 and 4 weren't receiving help through the Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), despite receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP).
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