Blog Advocacy Works: Breakfast After the Bell Success Story Last year, we celebrated the final passage of Breakfast after the Bell legislation--a culmination of over five years of hard work in Olympia and your repeated calls and emails to legislators urging their support.
Legislative Updates Legislative Session Wrap-Up The 2019 Legislative Session ended on time this Sunday with the passage of a final state budget. Relying on $460 million in new revenue that includes an increase of the business and occupation taxes on large banks, the two-year budget boosts spending in mental health and housing and support services for…
Legislative Updates Turn Up the Volume in Olympia Great news from Olympia! On Monday, the Senate passed 1587, a bill that creates a state program that helps make buying fruits and vegetables more affordable for struggling households that count on SNAP to afford a basic diet. The bill provides funding to maintain current programs that have been helping to…
Legislative Updates Don’t Wait Any Longer! USDA Reopens SNAP Rule Comment Period Did you file your public comment, opposing USDA's proposed rule that threatens to take food off the tables of 755,000 Americans? Well if you missed last week's deadline, fear not-you have a second chance to take action but must do so quickly! Due to technical difficulties with the federal regulations…
Legislative Updates Pivotal Week to Act Against Hunger It's Budget Week in Olympia! On Monday, the House released its operating budget proposal. Every one of you who has contacted your representatives this session about our priorities should take a moment to be proud of your contributions because this budget makes strong and much needed investments to increase access to…
Newsletters Spring 2019 News In This Issue: What’s in a name? Northwest Harvest’s SODO Community Market, Join Us in Shaping the Next Generation of Northwest Harvest, Thank You for Your Support of Our Neighbors in Need, Advocates Rally Online for Snowy Hunger Action Day, 2019 Legislative Agenda, Focus on Food Security: The Stress of…
Blog What’s in a Name? Northwest Harvest’s SODO Community Market A message from Chief Executive Officer Thomas Reynolds
Legislative Updates Prioritize Investments in Healthy Food Access for All Earlier this week, the White House introduced the President's 2020 budget. When it comes to hunger, the President's budget recycles old ideas that have been soundly rejected by Congress, including cutting food assistance for struggling households by issuing the impractical "Harvest Box" of commodities and expanding harsh time limits for underemployed and…
Legislative Updates Protect SNAP for Underemployed: Join our Webinar March 7, 2019 We are now nearly at the halfway point of the 60-day public comment period on USDA's proposed rule that threatens to take food off the tables of 755,000 underemployed and unemployed individuals. The loss of SNAP will equate to the loss of more than 8.5 billion meals over the next…
Legislative Updates Hunger Doesn’t Know a Time Limit: Submit a Comment Opposing USDA Rule On Friday, USDA published a proposed rule change that threatens to take food off the tables of 755,000 under-employed and unemployed individuals. It's estimated that over the next ten years, this change would cut SNAP benefits by $15 billion-that's three times the annual operating budget of every charitable food pantry…
