For Immediate Release: August 26, 2025 Contact: Renee Alves, (559)-916-5939 Charleston, WV— West Virginia's and Louisiana's governors have each committed and sent hundreds of National Guard members to deploy to Washington D.C. in an act of federal overreach that has not been requested by D.C.’s elected leaders and leaves their own states’ residents less safe. The West Virginia Center on…
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For Immediate Release: August 8, 2025 Contact: Renee Alves, (559)-916-5939 Charleston, WV— In July, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued guidance to states to move ahead with implementing President Donald J. Trump’s executive order by creating a national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) information database including the personal identifying information of SNAP participants and their families. This guidance directed states to…
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2025 Contact: Renee Alves, (559)-916-5939 Charleston, WV— Today, the U.S. Senate passed a sweeping reconciliation package that contains historically large cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, two programs that disproportionately benefit the Mountain State. This legislation generates deep harm for the most vulnerable Americans to fund tax cuts for our nation’s wealthiest. The…
For Immediate Release: June 25, 2025 Contact: Renee Alves, (559)-916-5939 Charleston, WV— The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation package that includes historically deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Medicaid is critical for West Virginians' health and well-being, allowing hundreds of thousands of people across the state to access health care services. Similarly, SNAP provides…
For Immediate Release: June 12, 2025 Contact: Alex Gallo, (610)-283-4844 CHARLESTON, WV — Local and state health care providers, food banks, and advocacy organizations are calling on Senators Capito and Justice to protect vital care and services for Mountaineers ahead of a pending budget vote in the Senate. The House of Representatives advanced its budget bill last month,…
Charleston, WV — West Virginia improved its overall child well-being ranking compared to last year, moving from 44th to 41st among the states according to the 2025 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, a 50-state report of recent data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how kids are faring in post-pandemic America. Each year, the…
This morning the U.S. House passed a sweeping bill that breaks nearly every promise made by President Trump and our Congressional delegation: it raises grocery and health care costs for tens of thousands of families in West Virginia; takes away Medicaid and SNAP from many eligible individuals who need it; and despite all that still…
This week, the Senate released a budget plan that confirms both chambers of Congress are racing down a path that could raise costs for food and health care for millions of families by endangering Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, all to enact windfall tax cuts for corporations and wealthy households. At the…
For Immediate Release: April 3, 2025 Contact: Vivian Anderson, (304)-585-7413 McDowell County, WV— One of West Virginia’s most economically challenged and rural counties is bracing for the devastating impact of federal budget cuts, which threaten essential programs and the already fragile health care infrastructure that serves the region. The proposed cuts would drastically reduce funding for…
The WVCBP's education policy fellow, Tamaya Browder, released the following statement on March 20, 2025 in response to the Trump Administration's executive order to "eliminate the U.S. Department of Education". "The U.S. Department of Education provides critical support, funding, and protections for our nation’s school-aged children. While, to be clear, states and communities already determine…