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Celebrate School Breakfast Day!
September 26th is New York School Breakfast Day! Find tools, templates, language and images that can be used in New York to celebrate school breakfast.
2018 Farm Bill
SNAP is a vital program for low-income New Yorkers, yet Congress wants to cut SNAP in the Farm Bill. Get the latest updates, action alerts and resources to help protect and defend SNAP.
SNAP Replacement Benefits
Due to recent storms resulting in power outages across New York, we want to remind SNAP recipients and community organizations working on SNAP about the process for requesting SNAP replacement benefits.
Summer Meals Success!
Kids ate Summer Meals at more than 3,000 sites across NY this summer! Learn more about the Summer Meals program and how you can make 2019 even better.
Our School Breakfast Report
Read our 2018 findings on school breakfast participation, and learn how Breakfast After the Bell can help more low-income kids start the day ready to learn with a healthy breakfast.
SNAP Policy & Advocacy
Our newly developed page offers a wealth of information, including current issues we are working on, tools and resources for community-based organizations, and SNAP news.
Get Food Help
Find help applying for monthly SNAP benefits, and learn where farmers’ markets, food pantries, and free summer meals for kids may be located near you.
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
CACFP provides reimbursement and support to early care providers and afterschool enrichment programs that serve healthy meals and snacks to children and teens in their care. Many more could participate.
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Governor Cuomo Proclaims September 26 School Breakfast Day in New York
On September 26, students and schools across New York celebrated the power of school breakfast to feed brains and bodies as part of the inaugural New York State School Breakfast Day. School Breakfast Day highlighted this critical meal to the school community through...
read moreThe US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) Household Food Security in the US report
The US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) has released their annual Household Food Security in the US report. While the data reveals a decline in household food insecurity in 2017 from the previous year, with the rate dropping from 12.3 to...
read moreNutrition Assistance Programs Lift Millions out of Poverty
New Census figures released this week show that Nutrition Assistance Programs lifted millions of people including working poor, seniors, disabled and children out of poverty in 2017. These Census figures use the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which accounts for...
read moreLegislative Action & Policy Alerts
Research & Data
Our Statement on Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018-Senate Farm Bill
Statement on that passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, the Senate Farm Bill: Protects the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program From Linda Bopp, Executive Director The U.S Senate passed by a vote of 86 to 11 the bipartisan Agriculture Improvement Act...
read moreOur Statement on H.R 2, the 2018 Farm Bill
Statement on the passage of H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 From Linda Bopp, Executive Director Yesterday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) (H.R. 2), by a vote of 213-211. The passage...
read moreHunger Solutions New York Statement on Senate Farm Bill
The Senate’s version of the 2018 farm bill was released June 8. Hunger Solutions New York applauds Senate Agriculture Chairman Roberts and Ranking Member Stabinow on the introduction of the Senate farm bill, “The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018,” and their...
read moreFood Research Action Center: Food Hardship Report
The Food Research and Action Center has released a report, How Hungry is America-Food Hardship in the US. This report measures food hardship rates for households with and without children using data analyses of Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index Project surveys...
A Closer Look: Who Benefits From SNAP In New York
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program as of December 2017; SNAP was helping 43 million low-income Americans to afford a nutritionally adequate diet. This fact sheet by the Center on Budget and Policy...
Most Working-Age SNAP Participants Work, But Often in Unstable Jobs
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a new set of materials around SNAP and Work. This new analysis finds that SNAP helps workers to both supplement low wages and supports them when they are between jobs. Read the Issue Brief Read the full Report...
News & Action
Governor Cuomo Proclaims September 26 School Breakfast Day in New York
On September 26, students and schools across New York celebrated the power of school breakfast to feed brains and bodies as part of the inaugural New York State School Breakfast Day. School Breakfast Day highlighted this critical meal to the school community through...
read moreThe US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) Household Food Security in the US report
The US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) has released their annual Household Food Security in the US report. While the data reveals a decline in household food insecurity in 2017 from the previous year, with the rate dropping from 12.3 to...
read moreNutrition Assistance Programs Lift Millions out of Poverty
New Census figures released this week show that Nutrition Assistance Programs lifted millions of people including working poor, seniors, disabled and children out of poverty in 2017. These Census figures use the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which accounts for...
read moreResearch & Data
Food Research Action Center: Food Hardship Report
The Food Research and Action Center has released a report, How Hungry is America-Food Hardship in the US. This report measures food hardship rates for households with and without children using data analyses of Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index Project surveys...
A Closer Look: Who Benefits From SNAP In New York
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program as of December 2017; SNAP was helping 43 million low-income Americans to afford a nutritionally adequate diet. This fact sheet by the Center on Budget and Policy...
Most Working-Age SNAP Participants Work, But Often in Unstable Jobs
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a new set of materials around SNAP and Work. This new analysis finds that SNAP helps workers to both supplement low wages and supports them when they are between jobs. Read the Issue Brief Read the full Report...
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