Posted by admin on April 6, 2012
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 16:35
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) continues to take an uncompromising opposition to funding cuts to nutrition programs being propsed by her colleagues in Washington, D.C.
We are thrilled with the Senator's continued, vocal, opposition to any funding proposals to weaken the nutrition safety net.
To read more, see below:
http://rochester.ynn.com/content/politics/579477/federal-farm-bill-up-in...
Posted by admin on April 1, 2012
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 14:25
For Immediate Release: April 1, 2012
Occupy Wall Street then Sleeps Outside to Decry People Sleeping Outside; Legions of Ambitious Local Pols Hold “Urgent”
Sunday Pressers to Respond
A few months after a man who claimed to be Mayor of New York City, using an assumed name “Bloomberg,” declared that panhandlers no longer existed in the city, thousands of panhandlers held a rally at Zuccotti Park to declare that the Mayor didn’t exist.
Posted by bboyd on March 28, 2012
Submitted by bboyd on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 12:01
Posted by bboyd on March 19, 2012
Submitted by bboyd on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 11:38
NYCCAH's Food Action Boards was recently profiled by Facing Hunger in America.
Click through to the post HERE!
The blog "seeks to understand the programs that are in place to alleviate hunger in the U.S." and offers an incredibly smart and straightforward assessment of the good work done by our FAB members throughout the City.
Posted by bboyd on March 15, 2012
Submitted by bboyd on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 17:07
Part of the Solution, the multi-service agency and long-time strategic partner of NYCCAH, released their 2012 "Hunger Snapshot" - and the news isn't good.
Posted by bboyd on March 15, 2012
Submitted by bboyd on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 11:26
Posted by bboyd on March 12, 2012
Submitted by bboyd on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 10:50
DC 37 - New York City's largest public employee union - recently produced a vivid worker-side account of the food stamps crisis at city offices.
The report, published in this month's Public Employee Press, details the significant challenges faced at over-crowded, under-staffed food stamps centers throughout the five boroughs.
Full text available HERE
Posted by bboyd on March 12, 2012
Submitted by bboyd on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 09:29
Posted by bboyd on March 8, 2012
Submitted by bboyd on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 10:52
Yesterday was a big day for the children of New York.
Governor Cuomo announced the State has been selected for an innovative pilot permitting enrollment in the free school meals program using direct certification through Medicaid.
Joel Berg, Executive Director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, said, "New York’s participation in this essential pilot program is a win-win, which will bring more federal money into the state while feeding more hungry children.
Posted by bboyd on March 5, 2012
Submitted by bboyd on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 10:52
Great read from The Nation discussing food hardship and the state of nutrition entitlement programs like SNAP/food stamps.
Author Greg Kaufmann talks about the wide-ranging social utility of the program, touching on everything from fighting poverty to improving public health outcomes - click through to full text:
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