Connecticut will temporarily fund a federal program to ensure that young children, along with pregnant and nursing mothers, continue to receive nutrition benefits during the government shutdown , officials said Wednesday.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC , costs about $200,000 a day to run for Connecticut alone and provides food for women who are nursing or pregnant, as well as young children, serving around 52,000 people across the state and almost half of infants born in the United States.

At a press conference at a WIC enrollment site in Hartford, officials including Gov. Ned Lamont announced that the program would continue without interruption thanks to an infusion of state funds from the “ common cash pool ” of state o

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