The National Priorities Project reports that shutting down the government costs about $6.667 million per hour.
How does this compare to the annual budgets for programs that are vital to women and families?

• Military Child Care and Youth Programs’ annual budget is the same as 8 days of the shutdown.
• The Community Services Block Grant costs the same annually as just over 4 days of the shutdown.
• A year of the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant costs the same as 4 days of the shutdown.
• Supportive Housing Assistance for the Elderly costs the same annually as 2-and-a-half days of the shutdown.
• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) annual budget costs the same as just over 2 days of the shutdown.
• A year of the federal family planning program (Title X) costs the same as 2 days of the shutdown.
• The CDC’s breast and cervical cancer screening program costs the same annually as 32 hours of the shutdown.
• The Commodity Supplemental Food Program’s annual budget costs the same as 28 hours of the shutdown.
• The DOJ’s Sexual Assault Services program costs the same annually as 3-and-a-half hours of the shutdown.
• A year of HHS’s Domestic Violence Hotline costs the same as half an hour of the shutdown.

The shutdown is hurting low-income families – and it is costing our country valuable resources that could be used to help fund programs vital to women and families. It’s time to stop the shutdown, no strings attached.