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Spring into Action on Child Hunger

Congress is adjourned for the next two weeks for spring recess, and members are back at home in districts, visiting with and hearing from...

A Robust Food Safety Net for Washington

Last week in Olympia, the House and the Senate released their supplemental budget proposals for our state operating budget Both proposals include...

Together, We Feed Washington

We have great news from Olympia: last week, our two priority bills that will enhance access to healthy school meals for students passed out of the...

Whoa! We’re Halfway There! State Legislative Session, Week Five

We are officially over the half-way point of this year’s state legislative session At this point, some important deadlines have passed, and...

Policies with the Biggest Impact on Child Hunger

On Thursday, the House Education Committee voted with unanimous, bipartisan support for our priority bills to give families and schools the tools...

Our 2022 Legislative Priorities

Welcome to week one of Washington’s 2022 Legislative Session! This is a short session, meaning we have 60 days to do some good things in our...

US House Says Yes to Build Back Better

Northwest Harvest applauds the US House of Representatives for passing the Build Back Better Act earlier this morning! The package is designed to...

Congress Must Immediately Pass Build Back Better with Child Nutrition

Yesterday, the White House announced a deal on the Build Back Better budget The $175 trillion package provides supports for universal pre-K, child...

Turn Up the Volume Today to Support Child Nutrition in Build Back Better

This week is National School Lunch Week (Oct 11-15) and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than calling on Congress to urge their...

Northwest Harvest Applauds USDA Action to Increase SNAP

On Monday, USDA announced that SNAP benefits will be increased in the next federal fiscal year The change is welcomed by families that struggle with...