USA Today reports that funding for WIC, a nutrition program that mainly serves pregnant women and infants, may be in jeopardy. Half a million people could be cut from a nutrition program for low-income young children, pregnant women and recent mothers next year because prices and caseloads have risen since President Bush proposed his 2008 budget in February. The threatened cutback, outlined in a report to be issued this week by the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, is likely unless Congress and the White House agree to boost funding for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. The report is based on this paper by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Apparently Congress is working on an omnibus budget bill, which combines all unfinished appropriations bills, that splits the difference between the President's requests and Congress's proposals. But in the case of WIC, splitting the difference would mean a reduction in people served, mainly because the price of food has gone up so much. Between 295,000 to 400,000 women and children could be cut from the program.