Legislative Updates Court Decision Protects SNAP for Over 700,000 Unemployed Adults BREAKING: A federal court for the District of Columbia has issued a ruling against a USDA rule that threatened to take SNAP from over 700,000 unemployed adults. The rule, issued in December, took away states’ flexibility to waive the three-month time limit on SNAP for unemployed adults without dependents. States use…
Blog Get Out the Vote Against Hunger! Voting is our right and our duty. Voting is our most basic opportunity to speak out for the policies and resources to help end hunger and poverty. Food banks and nonprofits can engage in non-partisan get out the vote reminders with our participants without violating 501c3 regulations. Indeed, we should…
Blog Local Action, Statewide Impact: A Coordinated Response to Hunger During COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated food insecurity across our state, and Washington’s response by statewide agencies was swift. But the state’s gap analysis must and can be more effective with local action. Local hunger tasks forces include trusted messengers for diverse populations and can analyze and inform the state’s analysis…
Newsletters Fall 2020 News In This Issue: We Keep Going, No Matter What; Seed the Future, Celebrating a Legacy of Passion for Family and Community, Continuing Response to COVID-19, Deep Dive: Congress and COVID Relief, Taking Peer Support Groups Online, Partnership Ensures Access to Nutritious Food for All, Corporate Partner Highlight: Safeway Foundation Download…
Newsletters Spring 2020 News In This Issue: Togetherness: Making The Impossible Become Possible, We Have A Partnership In Solving Hunger; Know Your Rights, Protect Our Neighbors; Steps To Leaving A Legacy, Deep Dive: Protecting Child Nutrition, 2020 Legislative Priorities, Anti-Hunger Advocates Take Priorities To Olympia, Knocking Down Barriers By Listening To Community, Live Stories:…
