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Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, Please Don’t Take Food Away From Our Kids
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Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, Please Don’t Take Food Away From Our Kids

School psychologist Michelle Ritter-Santana shares how important the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid are to the families she serves and calls on her members of Congress to protect these programs from cuts.

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As a school psychologist, therapist, and mother living in Bethlehem, I see everyday how policy decisions in Washington affect our community – especially in the lives of our children. I work with students  from kindergarten through fifth grade across three elementary schools. Thanks to the program I’m part of, kids can receive therapy. I meet with them in offices provided by the schools. It’s a lifeline for them, and often, for their families.

These kids are incredible. At just five to eleven years old, they already want to change the world. But the world, in turn, is not meeting them halfway.

The above excerpt was originally published in The Bucks County Beacon. Click here to view the full article.

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