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May ’18 Organizational Newsletter
Federal Update: Farm Bill On Friday, May 18, the US House rejected the Farm Bill (H.R.2), a bill that contained significant cuts to the SNAP program and costly, bureaucratic new requirements on SNAP recipients. However, the House is scheduled to vote again on the...
read moreFlooding, Power Outages And Replacement SNAP Benefits
Due to Tuesday (5-15-18) powerful thunderstorms, resulting in extensive power outages in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Westchester or if you have lost power and reside in another county, we want to alert SNAP (food stamp) recipients about replacement SNAP...
read moreAn Avoidable 2.4 Billion Cost: The Estimated Health-Related Costs of Food Insecurity and Hunger In Massachusetts
This report by Children’s HealthWatch and The Greater Boston Food Bank communicates direct and indirect health-related expenditures (for both children and adults) attributable to food insecurity and hunger in the state of Massachusetts in 2016. It also includes...
read moreApril Organizational News
Now Available: Hunger Solutions New York's SNAP Policy and Advocacy Page On April 18, the House Agriculture Committee passed the Farm Bill along party lines, and a full House vote is expected within the next few weeks. The Farm Bill is a critical piece of federal...
read moreImmigration Public Charge Rule-Resources
Talk Poverty has released an easy-to-follow guide that explains what the Administration’s proposed “public charge” changes are about. These resources explain how changes to this obscure immigration provision would drastically limit immigrant families’ access to public...
read moreLong Island Advocates Worry About Possible Food Stamp Cuts
A Comprehensive feature about the impact proposed Farm Bill SNAP work requirements will have on Long Island residents. Sherry Tomasky, Public Affairs Director at Hunger Solutions New York, speaks with Newsday’s Stephanie Dazio about the proposed work requirements and...
read moreFaso pushes GOP requirement for work plan for SNAP benefits
Rep. John Faso is in the vanguard of House Republicans seeking to stiffen the work requirement for the 44 million Americans on food stamps, including 2.8 million New Yorkers, many living in impoverished rural communities of upstate. The Kinderhook Republican, who...
read moreChoosing to support food program is a SNAP: Letter on Daily
Featured in: The Daily Freeman-Opinion Release Date: April 14, 2018 Dear Editor, When you think about helping people who are hungry, the image that might come to mind is the work done at the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley and the nearly 400 food pantries, soup...
read moreDon’t put nutrition assistance program at risk: Op-Ed Poughkeepsie Journal
Featured in: The Poughkeepsie Journal-Opinion Release Date: April 13, 2018 When you think about helping people who are hungry, the image that might come to mind is the work done at the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley and the nearly 400 food pantries, soup kitchens and...
read moreA 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...
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