Legislative Updates 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 needed to provide free school meals to students who need them most. HB 1878 will increase the number of high poverty, high need schools that provide free breakfasts and…
event Hunger Action Day 2022 Hunger Action Day is the constituent advocacy day for anti-hunger issues. This is your opportunity to meet with your legislators to talk about your support for policy and budget investments on our agenda. The Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition makes this day happen and will prepare you through webinar trainings and…
Legislative Updates 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 state’s public policies and budget for our goal of making food access more equitable for all in Washington. This session, we hope you will…
Newsletters Winter 2021 News In This Issue: Washington, How Are You? Are You OK?; Introducing the Northwest Harvest Perennials!; Looking to Upstream Solutions with GHP FISH; Planned Giving: Qualified Charitable Donations; Operation Harvest; Corporate Spotlight: Coordinated Care; Leadership in Advocacy Fellowship Aims to Empower Communities Alongside First-Person Advocates; Balancing Uncertainty with Hope; Thank You…
event KING 5 Home Team Harvest 2021 JOIN US ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, FOR A HOME TEAM HARVEST BROADCAST SPECIAL Tune in to KING 5 at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 4, for a one-hour broadcast special highlighting the annual campaign and how it changes lives in our communities, with live cut-ins from select locations around the…
Legislative Updates 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 fund essential needs and services to ensure that our economic recovery is collectively a stronger recovery because of equitable investments in essential needs and services. Critical investments…
Legislative Updates Congress Must Immediately Pass Build Back Better with Child Nutrition Yesterday, the White House announced a deal on the Build Back Better budget. The $1.75 trillion package provides supports for universal pre-K, child care, Medicaid expansion, and other support services to help families and individuals take care of essential needs so they can work jobs and move forward out of…
resource Community Resources By Region & County County Resources In Western Washington Clallam / Jefferson Counties: Olympic Community Action Program – (360) 385.2571 Clark County: Human Service Council – (360) 694.8899 Cowlitz County: United Way of Cowlitz County – (360) 423.5320 Grays Harbor County: Coastal Community Action Council – (360) 533.5100 Island / San Juan / Skagit / Snohomish / Whatcom…