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Campaign to End Child Hunger: Tell Congress not to cut food stamp benefits to fund child nutrition

Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 17:40
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By signing this petition, I am urging my Congressperson to fully fund and pass HR 5504, the "Improving Nutrition for American's Children Act" before September 30, 2010. Funding for HR 5504 should not come at the expense of other federal nutrition benefit funding, such as food stamp benefits.

On August 5th, 2010 the U.S. Senate passed it's version of Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) known as the "Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010."

Sadly, Senators plan to pay for the Senate bill by cutting funding for food stamp benefits that increased under the stimulus package. 40 million people rely on food stamp benefits; now is not the time to cut their benefits. Instead, we are urging Congress to find funding (without taking money from food stamp benefits) for the House version of CNR and pass their version.

Sign on NOW to urge Congress to pass HR 5504, the "Improving Nutrition For America’s Children Act," and let them know we do not support paying for child nutrition by cutting food stamp benefits from low-income households.

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This petition is part of NYCCAH's ‘Campaign to End Child Hunger’ that is working to ensure that all children have adequate nutrition in New York City

Goals:

    - End child hunger by 2015 by providing universal free meals (with no application) to all students regardless of income
    - Increase participation in school meals and summer feeding programs
    - Improve the nutritional quality of school meals and summer programs
    - Expand the “Breakfast in the Classroom” Pilot Program in NYC

Policy Victories and Program Accomplishments:

September 2003: Mayor Bloomberg begins a program to offer free breakfast to all City students, regardless of income. This eliminates the tedious paperwork of breakfast programs.

Fall 2007: Mayor Bloomberg announces an In-Classroom Breakfast Pilot program in 48 schools.

2008: NYCCAH successfully advocated for the creation of a full-time Food Policy Coordinator to oversee the City’s food policy issues

2008-2010: NYCCAH is a leading member of the NYC Alliance for CNR, a collaboration of over 75 organizations that organize lobbying visits, events, and actions to ensure a strong Child Nutrition Reauthorization. Click here to learn more about NYC Alliance for CNR.


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