Sequester takes aim at budget reductions in programs that help low-income Americans, including one that gives vouchers for housing to the poor and disabled and another that provides fortified baby formula to the children of poor women. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/us/politics/poor-face-most-pain-as-automatic-budget-cuts-take-effect.html?hp&_r=0 Housing programs would be hit particularly hard, with about 125,000 individuals and families put at risk of becoming homeless. An additional 100,000 formerly homeless people might be removed from emergency shelters or other housing arrangements because of the cuts. Many of these families may, quite literally, find themselves out on the street. Other programs that assist low-income families face similarly significant cuts, including one that delivers hot meals to the elderly. More cuts include the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children known as WIC, which provides food and baby formula for at-risk families. Also cuts to programs that aid children with special needs; job-training programs that help unemployed people find a new career; foreclosure prevention services; and programs that help 150,000 veterans every year make the transition into the nonmilitary work force. Also included, a reduction in jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. Those out of work for more than six months could see their checks shrink by as much as 11 percent,