by Sherry Tomasky | Apr 11, 2019 | News
The newly enacted state budget includes both new and continued funding to support anti-hunger programs. Effective in the 2019-2020 school year, students who qualify for reduced-price school meals will no longer need to pay the .25 cent fee for breakfast or lunch....
by Sherry Tomasky | Oct 9, 2017 | Federal Legislative Action, Legislative Action, News, Press Releases, SNAP News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 9, 2017 Media Contact Sherry Tomasky Cell phone (518) 414-2570 Anti-hunger group advocates for protection of SNAP for low-income New Yorkers at Farm Bill Listening Session Hunger Solutions New York to provide comment at House...
by Sherry Tomasky | Oct 4, 2017 | News, SNAP News
The Farm Bill is a federal law that governs an array of agriculture and food programs, including SNAP; it is passed every five years with the current bill expiring in September 2018. State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball has announced a series...
by Sherry Tomasky | Oct 4, 2017 | Research & Data, SNAP Research & Data
An original research article published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that SNAP participants have approximately $1,400 lower heath care costs over a year compared to individuals not enrolled in the federal nutrition program. The...
by Sherry Tomasky | Oct 2, 2017 | Child Nutrition News, Federal Legislative Action, General News, Legislative Action, News, SNAP News
On Thursday, October 5, the US House is scheduled to have a floor vote on the FY 2018 House Budget Resolution, which contains deep cuts to SNAP, the Community Eligibility Provision, and other vital human needs programs critical to ending hunger and poverty. The...
by Sherry Tomasky | Oct 2, 2017 | Child Nutrition News, Federal Legislative Action, Legislative Action, News
The FY-2018 House Budget Resolution includes a troubling provision that would significantly cut the number of schools eligible to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision, a federal option for high-poverty schools to offer free school meals to all...
by Sherry Tomasky | Sep 21, 2017 | Child Nutrition News, News
Your back-to-school child nutrition checklist is here! Read the latest on school breakfast and afterschool meals, Community Eligibility Provision, FRAC’s unpaid school meal policy guidance, and much more. To subscribe, you can sign up or edit your newsletter...
by Sherry Tomasky | Sep 11, 2017 | Child Nutrition News, Child Nutrition Policy Alerts, News, Policy Alerts
All New York City public school students will now receive free lunch starting this school year. The New York City Department of Education (NYS DOE) announced the expansion of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a federal provision that allows school districts...
