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Local impacts of possible budget cuts
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Looming cuts to the federal budget threaten a number of local agencies that distribute and rely on federal dollars. The following are just a few of those programs affected in Northeast Georgia. WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, a nutrition program designed to influence healthy behaviors in a high-risk population of children younger than 5 and mothers, could have its funding reduced by $297 million.