Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the USCCB are urgently requesting Catholics to email our members of Congress, asking them to reverse terminations of all but two of CRS’s McGovern-Dole Food for Education school feeding programs. These terminations would result in eliminating a daily school meal for nearly 800,000 children in eleven countries beginning in July. For many, this has been their only daily meal. This affects not only the children, but also the incomes of American farmers. In addition to these cuts, CRS anticipates Congressional cancellations of previously appropriated funds for humanitarian and development assistance. These funds were intended to support vulnerable families and communities by ensuring access to emergency food aid, helping smallholder farmers improve their crops and strengthening community capacity to meet their own needs. Rescinding these funds means fewer people will receive lifesaving and life-affirming aid. Congress is also assessing support for lifesaving aid in the fiscal year 2026 federal budget. We are urged to lift our voices to oppose rescissions of previously appropriated funds and maintain current funding levels for poverty-reducing international assistance for the 2026 fiscal year. International assistance isn’t just a moral issue but represents a small yet smart investment to foster economic opportunity, promote peace and security, and project to the world the common values this country holds dear. For more information, visit https://support.crs.org/act/budget.