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California Shortchanges Its Youngest While Celebrating a $8 Billion Surplus

May 16, 2018 • Rucha Chitnis
Child and anti-hunger advocates are fighting to #FundFoodWithCare
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Governor Brown’s May Revise Continues to Neglect Food

May 14, 2018 • Tracey Patterson
Despite some positive advances, in his final May Revise Budget Governor Jerry Brown missed a significant opportunity to make tangible impacts on low-income Californians access to affordable, healthy food.
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Take Action! California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot

May 14, 2018 • Jared Call
State legislation to support affordable, healthy food and California agriculture is moving forward, but needs your support to clear the next hurdle!
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AB 1871: Don't Keep Us in Suspense!

May 10, 2018 • Tia Shimada
It’s a long road to the Governor’s desk and it’s your support that will get us there. The next step? Win the support of Assemblywoman Gonzales Fletcher,
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Tell CA Policymakers to #FundFoodwithCare

May 10, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
We need your help to echo the efforts of advocates who stormed the Capitol on May 10th.
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Upcoming Webinar – CEP & LCFF

May 10, 2018 • Elyse Homel Vitale
Register today! Join us and our partners for a webinar on Tuesday, May 22nd to learn more about how to make the most of school meal and education funding
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Webinar Materials – Take Another Look at CEP

May 9, 2018 • Elyse Homel Vitale
The webinar recording is now available! On May 3rd, CFPA co-hosted a webinar encouraging school districts to go hunger free by adopting Community Eligibility Provision.
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"Unworkable" Requirements

May 8, 2018 • Jared Call
Factsheet prepared by CFPA. PDF
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Join the National Call-In Day May 8th, Tell Your Representative Vote No on HR 2!

May 2, 2018 • Jared Call
The House Farm Bill (HR 2), which includes severe cuts to SNAP/CalFresh, will likely head to the House floor for a full vote as early as the week of May 7th.
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Join us on May 17th for a Social Media Day of Action

April 30, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
Help #FundFoodWithCare by joining us for a social media day of action
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FAQ: CA Fruit & Vegetable EBT Pilot

April 25, 2018 • Jared Call
FAQ prepared by CFPA PDF
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Upcoming Webinar – Take Another Look at CEP

April 24, 2018 • Elyse Homel Vitale
Register today! Join us and our partners for a webinar on Thursday, May 3rd to learn more about why now is a good time to bring universally free meals to your school.
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SB 900 Needs Your Support to Keep Moving Forward!

April 19, 2018 • Jared Call
Efforts to support affordable, healthy food and California Agriculture made it through two more important steps this week. On Tuesday, April 17th,
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Conaway Farm Bill Proposal Voted Out of Committee

April 18, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
On April 18th members of the House Agriculture Committee voted the Conaway Farm Bill Proposal out of Committee on a strict party line vote of 26-20.
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Anti-Hunger Community Opposes Conaway's Farm Bill

April 18, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
Yesterday, California anti-hunger partners submitted a letter to the state’s House Agriculture Committee members expressing deep concern over Chairman Conaway’s
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Categorical Eligibility is Working for California

April 17, 2018 • Jared Call
HR 2, the House Farm Bill, proposes to end a state option that allows low-income Californians with high child care and housing costs to remain eligible for CalFresh.
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The Conaway Farm Bill Will Increase Hunger

April 12, 2018 • Jared Call
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway (R-TX) has released the text of his 2018 Farm Bill proposal. CFPA and our anti-hunger partners
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SB 900 (Wiener & Arambula) Moves Forward!

April 12, 2018 • Jared Call
On April 10, in a busy hearing of the Senate Human Services Committee, SB 900 (Wiener & Arambula), the California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project bill, passed with unanimous,
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AB 1871 Moves Ahead: Join In!

April 12, 2018 • Tia Shimada
Four hours into a marathon, five-hour hearing, AB 1871 (Bonta) came up for a vote in the Assembly Education Committee.
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More Than Half Of American Babies Are At Risk For Malnourishment

April 3, 2018 • Jared Call
2.07.2018, Huffington Post, link
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AB 1871 FAQ

April 3, 2018 • Tia Shimada
Your questions answered. PDF
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State Senate to Discuss Child Care Meals on 5/10

April 2, 2018 • Melissa Cannon
Save the date to provide public comment in support of #foodwithcare.
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Webinar Materials – CalFresh & WIC: Better Together!

March 28, 2018 • Elyse Homel Vitale
Webinar recordings and slides are now available! On March 27th, CFPA hosted a webinar that explored how CalFresh and WIC
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2018 CalFresh Forum Presentations Now Posted

March 26, 2018 • Jared Call
Materials and resources from the 2018 CalFresh Forum are now available. CFPA would like to thank all of this year’s presenters for their contributions toward
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New Congressional District Farm Bill Fact Sheets: CalFresh and Children

March 23, 2018 • Kevin Lee
CalFresh keeps millions of California’s children out of poverty, and puts food on their plates. With the President’s draconian budget proposing to cut program funding

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