Valencia P. Walker, MD, MPH, FAAP

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Author Bio

Valencia P. Walker, MD, MPH, FAAP is a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project in partnership with the National Black Child Development Institute.

November 12, 2025

It Can’t Happen Again – SNAP Feeds Our Babies

During the last 54 days of political bickering, the families of some 16 million children worried about having enough food to eat as federal food stamp payments, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, stopped on November 1st. The deal…