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Nourish California Shares 2023 Farm Bill Priorities with CDFA

October 3, 2022 • Jared Call
On September 30, Nourish California submitted our 2023 Farm Bill priorities to the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA). We urge CDFA to support our recommendations and call on our California Congressional Delegation to work to enact them for the benefit of all Californians who need help putting food on the table. You can read our detailed comments and recommendations here. From small [...]
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Nourish California Public Comment: Serving SNAP Applicants and Participants with Limited English Proficiency

September 28, 2022 • Tia Shimada
On September 9, Nourish California submitted public comment to the Federal Register in response to a proposed rule that seeks comment on a proposed information collection for the contract Serving Supplementation Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applicants and Participants with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). The purpose of the Servicing SNAP LEP study is “to provide FNS with a comprehensive understanding of the language landscapes in [...]
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Nourish California Public Comment: Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data in SNAP/CalFresh

August 31, 2022 • Tia Shimada
On August 28, Nourish California submitted public comment to the Federal Register in response to a proposed rule that would revise  SNAP/CalFresh policy regarding collection of race/ethnicity data of program applicants and participants. According to USDA, “this rule would remove regulatory language that provides an example that state agencies might collect race and ethnicity data by observation (also referred to as ‘visual observation’) when [...]
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New Policy Brief: Bridging Gaps in CalFresh Enrollment Among Newborn Infants

August 17, 2022 • Michelle Lee
Improving Access to Food Assistance at Birth Background CalFresh is a crucial resource for many families that helps to feed their children and reduce poverty. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, 49 percent of California children receive CalFresh at some point in their first five years of life.  Yet despite its importance in safeguarding families’ health and well-being, more than one in [...]
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Food4All is making headlines!

May 3, 2022 • Jackie Mendelson
Food4All is making headlines. The California Legislature and Governor Newsom announced an agreement on the 2022-2023 state budget on June 26 which includes funding to remove exclusions to food assistance for Californians 55 and older, regardless of immigration status. With this historic investment, California will be the first state in the nation to provide food assistance benefits to older undocumented adults. We will continue [...]
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New Brief: Food Insecurity & Poverty Among California’s Undocumented Immigrants

April 29, 2022 • Tia Shimada
On Friday, April 29, 2022, Nourish California and the California Immigrant Policy Center released a brief that pairs a novel analysis of quantitative data with community voices to demonstrate the impact of food insecurity on California’s undocumented immigrants. Read the full brief. ∗NEW∗ View the infographic. Watch the recording and view the slides. Have questions? Please contact Tia Shimada (tia@nourishca.org).
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Food with Care: Fair pay for child care providers. Free meals for all kids.

January 10, 2022 • Melissa Cannon
The version of the Build Back Better Act approved by the House Committee on Education and Labor would...
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California Snapshot: Build Back Better By Investing in Child Nutrition

September 27, 2021 • Tia Shimada
The version of the Build Back Better Act approved by the House Committee on Education and Labor would...
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Webinar: Child Nutrition Updates and Opportunities for Action

September 16, 2021 • Melissa Cannon
California’s child nutrition programs have seen a lot of change in the last couple of years. With the constantly evolving policy landscape, we know it’s been hard to keep up. To help children’s advocates get up to speed, and understand where their advocacy can be most influential, Nourish California teamed up with the Children’s Advocates Roundtable for a virtual event held on September 16th. [...]
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School Enrollment & Access to School Meals

September 7, 2021 • Tia Shimada
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After School Programs and Meals Brief

January 16, 2018 • Anna Colby
Across California, low-income, working families are struggling to meet their basic needs. Most of the 2.1 million California children living in poverty are in working families. After school programs support these families by providing healthy foods and a safe place for children to learn and be active while their parents work.
Report

Program Access Index (PAI) 2017

November 15, 2017 • Jared Call
Measuring County Specific CalFresh Performance in 2015 link
Brief

Back to School, Back to Basics

October 27, 2017 • Tia Shimada
A brief about inequity in public schools and meeting students’ needs in order for them learn, grow, and succeed PDF
Brief

School Breakfast: Reducing Absenteeism & Supporting Success

September 20, 2017 • Anna Colby
Policy brief on school breakfast as a support for student attendance and success link
Report

Increasing CalFresh Participation through Medi-Cal In-Reach

August 25, 2017 • Jared Call
Report by SF-Marin Food Bank and the Alliance to Transform CalFresh PDF
Report

School's Out…Who Ate? 2017

June 30, 2017 • Anna Colby
A Report on Summer Nutrition in California link
Presentation•Report

Summer Hunger & Immigrant Families

June 30, 2017 • Jared Call
California Food Policy Advocates, working with PerryUndem, conducted four focus groups with Latino parents of children who participate in low-cost or free school breakfast and lunch programs. All parents in this study are either in mixed status families or are themselves undocumented.
Report

Just Released: School's Out…Who Ate? 2017

June 13, 2017 • Anna Colby
6.13.2017 For many, summertime brings up picturesque images of sunshine, fun and relaxation. For California’s low-income kids, however, summer may come with a burden.
Report

Early Access to Healthy Foods: Trends in California’s Child and Adult Care Food Program 2010 to 2016

April 25, 2017 • Jared Call
CFPA analysis of data over a six-year span to evaluate CACFP access and participation trends. PDF
Fact Sheet

SB 782 Fact Sheet

April 18, 2017 • Melissa Cannon
Fact sheet prepared by CFPA. PDF
Fact Sheet

Invest in Safe Water Fact Sheet

March 21, 2017 • Hector Gutierrez
Fact sheet prepared by CFPA PDF
Report

Child Care Cuts Hurt Access to Healthy Foods

March 20, 2017 • Elyse Homel Vitale
3.20.2017 Working families with young children in California have diminishing access to a nutrition program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which reimburses child care providers for serving healthy meals
Fact Sheet

AB 164 Fact Sheet

February 2, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
Fact sheet prepared by CFPA PDF
Fact Sheet

SB 138 Fact Sheet

February 1, 2017 • Elyse Homel Vitale
Fact sheet prepared by CFPA. PDF
Fact Sheet

SB 138's Equity Impact

February 1, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
Fact Sheet prepared by CFPA. PDF
Brief

New Policy Brief: Water in California

December 22, 2016 • Hector Gutierrez
12.22.2016 Today, CFPA released a new policy brief that presents policy recommendations to increase water access and improve water quality for low-income Californians.
Report

Southern California Child Care Case Studies and Survey Highlights

December 19, 2016 • Hector Gutierrez
12.19.2016 Today, CFPA is releasing survey findings and child care case studies that highlight ways in which family child care homes in Southern California are supporting child nutrition.
Report

Lost Dollars, Empty Plates 2016

December 14, 2016 • Jared Call
The impact of CalFresh on California’s state and local economies link
Report

Program Access Index (PAI) 2016

December 14, 2016 • Jared Call
Measuring County Specific CalFresh Performance in 2014 link
Brief

Water Access Policy Scan

December 6, 2016 • Hector Gutierrez
12.06.2016 A policy scan documenting policy options for increasing water access and improving water quality in schools and other community settings. XLS
Fact Sheet

Count me in! Paperless Enrollment in School Meals

December 1, 2016 • Elyse Homel Vitale
12.01.2016 CFPA recently guest-blogged on Partnership for Children and Youth’s Community Schools Network blog about the connection between community schools’s comprehensive support for students and Medicaid Direct Certification
Report

Seniors and the CalFresh Medical Expense Deduction

November 21, 2016 • Jared Call
Policy Opportunities to Increase Nutrition Benefits for Low-Income Seniors in California PDF
Report

Screening and Interventions for Food Insecurity in Health Care 2016

September 7, 2016 • Melissa Cannon
A report on food insecurity screening and intervention practices in California PDF
Fact Sheet

High Impact Nutrition Standards, Feasible for Use in Family Child Care 2016

August 18, 2016 • Melissa Cannon
A policy brief introducing nutrition standards for family child care PDF
Fact Sheet

High Impact Nutrition Standards

August 18, 2016 • Melissa Cannon
08.18.2016 Today, CFPA released a fact sheet introducing high impact nutrition standards that account for the practical realities faced by licensed family child care home providers.
Brief

After School Programs and Meals Brief

January 16, 2018 • Anna Colby
Across California, low-income, working families are struggling to meet their basic needs. Most of the 2.1 million California children living in poverty are in working families. After school programs support these families by providing healthy foods and a safe place for children to learn and be active while their parents work.
Report

Program Access Index (PAI) 2017

November 15, 2017 • Jared Call
Measuring County Specific CalFresh Performance in 2015 link
Brief

Back to School, Back to Basics

October 27, 2017 • Tia Shimada
A brief about inequity in public schools and meeting students’ needs in order for them learn, grow, and succeed PDF
Brief

School Breakfast: Reducing Absenteeism & Supporting Success

September 20, 2017 • Anna Colby
Policy brief on school breakfast as a support for student attendance and success link
Report

Increasing CalFresh Participation through Medi-Cal In-Reach

August 25, 2017 • Jared Call
Report by SF-Marin Food Bank and the Alliance to Transform CalFresh PDF
Report

School's Out…Who Ate? 2017

June 30, 2017 • Anna Colby
A Report on Summer Nutrition in California link
Presentation•Report

Summer Hunger & Immigrant Families

June 30, 2017 • Jared Call
California Food Policy Advocates, working with PerryUndem, conducted four focus groups with Latino parents of children who participate in low-cost or free school breakfast and lunch programs. All parents in this study are either in mixed status families or are themselves undocumented.
Report

Just Released: School's Out…Who Ate? 2017

June 13, 2017 • Anna Colby
6.13.2017 For many, summertime brings up picturesque images of sunshine, fun and relaxation. For California’s low-income kids, however, summer may come with a burden.
Report

Early Access to Healthy Foods: Trends in California’s Child and Adult Care Food Program 2010 to 2016

April 25, 2017 • Jared Call
CFPA analysis of data over a six-year span to evaluate CACFP access and participation trends. PDF
Fact Sheet

SB 782 Fact Sheet

April 18, 2017 • Melissa Cannon
Fact sheet prepared by CFPA. PDF
Fact Sheet

Invest in Safe Water Fact Sheet

March 21, 2017 • Hector Gutierrez
Fact sheet prepared by CFPA PDF
Report

Child Care Cuts Hurt Access to Healthy Foods

March 20, 2017 • Elyse Homel Vitale
3.20.2017 Working families with young children in California have diminishing access to a nutrition program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which reimburses child care providers for serving healthy meals
Fact Sheet

AB 164 Fact Sheet

February 2, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
Fact sheet prepared by CFPA PDF
Fact Sheet

SB 138 Fact Sheet

February 1, 2017 • Elyse Homel Vitale
Fact sheet prepared by CFPA. PDF
Fact Sheet

SB 138's Equity Impact

February 1, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
Fact Sheet prepared by CFPA. PDF
Brief

New Policy Brief: Water in California

December 22, 2016 • Hector Gutierrez
12.22.2016 Today, CFPA released a new policy brief that presents policy recommendations to increase water access and improve water quality for low-income Californians.
Report

Southern California Child Care Case Studies and Survey Highlights

December 19, 2016 • Hector Gutierrez
12.19.2016 Today, CFPA is releasing survey findings and child care case studies that highlight ways in which family child care homes in Southern California are supporting child nutrition.
Report

Lost Dollars, Empty Plates 2016

December 14, 2016 • Jared Call
The impact of CalFresh on California’s state and local economies link
Report

Program Access Index (PAI) 2016

December 14, 2016 • Jared Call
Measuring County Specific CalFresh Performance in 2014 link
Brief

Water Access Policy Scan

December 6, 2016 • Hector Gutierrez
12.06.2016 A policy scan documenting policy options for increasing water access and improving water quality in schools and other community settings. XLS
Fact Sheet

Count me in! Paperless Enrollment in School Meals

December 1, 2016 • Elyse Homel Vitale
12.01.2016 CFPA recently guest-blogged on Partnership for Children and Youth’s Community Schools Network blog about the connection between community schools’s comprehensive support for students and Medicaid Direct Certification
Report

Seniors and the CalFresh Medical Expense Deduction

November 21, 2016 • Jared Call
Policy Opportunities to Increase Nutrition Benefits for Low-Income Seniors in California PDF
Report

Screening and Interventions for Food Insecurity in Health Care 2016

September 7, 2016 • Melissa Cannon
A report on food insecurity screening and intervention practices in California PDF
Fact Sheet

High Impact Nutrition Standards, Feasible for Use in Family Child Care 2016

August 18, 2016 • Melissa Cannon
A policy brief introducing nutrition standards for family child care PDF
Fact Sheet

High Impact Nutrition Standards

August 18, 2016 • Melissa Cannon
08.18.2016 Today, CFPA released a fact sheet introducing high impact nutrition standards that account for the practical realities faced by licensed family child care home providers.

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