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USDA Secretary Perdue Acts to Weaken School Meal Standards

May 1, 2017 • Anna Colby
5.01.2017 Today’s actions by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to weaken the school meal nutrition standards are a step in the wrong direction when it comes to ensuring the health
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AB 164 Passes Assembly Human Services Unanimously!

April 25, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
4.25.2017 AB 164 (Arambula) passed out of Assembly Human Services Committee with unanimous, bipartisan support! AB 164 would create a pathway to provide state CalFresh food assistance when federal assistance is unavailable or inadequate.
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Adoption Meeting: Drinking Water For Schools Grant Program Funding Guidelines

April 20, 2017 • Hector Gutierrez
4.20.2017 The State Water Resource Control Board will hold a public Board Meeting on May 16, 2017, to consider the adoption of the draft funding guidelines for the Drinking Water for Schools Grant Program.
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State Acts to Boost Senior CalFresh Participation and Benefits

April 20, 2017 • Jared Call
4.20.2017 USDA recently approved two waiver requests submitted by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to streamline enrollment and increase benefits
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New Data Show Online Application Bridge Working to Increase CalFresh Participation

April 19, 2017 • Jared Call
4.19.2017 According to new Data released by the California Office of Horizontal Integration, the new online application bridge linking Covered CA applicants to CalFresh resulted in 4,750 approved CalFresh applications
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CDE Accepting Applications for LCSSP Grant

April 18, 2017 • Anna Colby
04.18.2017 The California Learning Communities for School Success Program (LCSSP) is a three year grant open to Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
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SB 782 Passes Senate Ag with Unanimous Support!

April 18, 2017 • Melissa Cannon
4.18.2017 SB 782 (Skinner) passed the Senate Agriculture Committee with unanimous, bipartisan support! SB 782 would establish a grant program to incentivize public schools to serve more California-grown food in freshly prepared school meals.
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SB 782 Bill Text

April 12, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
Read the SB 782 Bill Language link
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CFPA Co-Sponsors SB 782, California-Grown School Meals!

April 12, 2017 • Melissa Cannon
4.12.17 State Senator Nancy Skinner (Berkeley) introduced SB 782: California-Grown Fresh School Meals. CFPA is proud to be co-sponsoring SB 782 with our partners at NextGen California. SB 782 would establish a state grant fund
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REAL School Food

April 12, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
CFPA’s REAL School Food webpage link
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SB 782 Sample Letter of Support

April 11, 2017 • Melissa Cannon
A customizable letter with instructions for submission. doc
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California Food for California Kids

April 10, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
A statewide initiative from the Center for Ecoliteracy and the TomKat Foundation link
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UC Davis Farm to School Research

April 10, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
Farm to School Policy Brief PDF Farm to School Case Studies link
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California Office of Farm to Fork

April 9, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
A link to California’s Office of Farm to Fork link
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Take Action: Support Safe Drinking Water Budget Request

April 3, 2017 • Hector Gutierrez
4.03.17 Californians need your help! On April 19, 2017 a request will be heard in the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services to invest in a $5 million multi-county initiative to bring relief through CalFresh to those impacted by unsafe water
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Submit Comments: School Drinking Water Grant Guidelines

March 31, 2017 • Hector Gutierrez
3.31.2017 Thanks to the advocacy of the Drinking Water Coalition, which includes California Food Policy Advocates and close to thirty organizations and agencies, the 2016-17 State Budget provided $9.5 million through budget renegotiation to address
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New Lead in Schools Resource

March 31, 2017 • Hector Gutierrez
3.31.2017 Check out this new lead in schools resource
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AB 164 Set for April Hearing- Act Now to Support!

March 24, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
3.24.17 AB 164 (Arambula), California Leads to Meet Food Needs, has been set for an April 25 hearing in Assembly Human Services. If you haven’t already, please send in a letter in support by April 14!
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Register Now for ENACT Day 2017!

March 23, 2017 • Tracey Patterson
3.23.2017 ENACT Day brings community members and advocates from all over California together in Sacramento to learn about and support state policies promoting nutrition
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Coalition Letter for CalFresh-Safe Water Budget Action

March 22, 2017 • Hector Gutierrez
Coalition budget request led by CFPA PDF
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President’s Budget Proposal Would Increase Poverty, Hunger

March 17, 2017 • Jared Call
3.17.17 President Trump’s proposed budget would pay for a $54 billion increase in FY2018 defense spending through drastic cuts to non-defense discretionary programs,
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SB 138 Passes Senate Ed with Unanimous Support!

March 15, 2017 • Elyse Homel Vitale
3.15.2017 SB 138 (McGuire) passed out of the Senate Committee on Education with unanimous, bipartisan support this morning! SB 138 would
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CFPA Comments to 2017 CA Farm Bill Listening Session

March 14, 2017 • Jared Call
Written testimony submitted by CFPA at the Februrary 23, 2017 California Farm Bill Listening Session held in Los Angeles. PDF
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New Funding: Access to Food to Support Academic Success

March 3, 2017 • Anna Colby
03.03.2017 Get ready for a new grant opportunity for schools! New funding can likely be used to increase access to food to improve school attendance, reduce suspensions
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Invest in Safe Water Community Stories

March 1, 2017 • Hector Gutierrez
Community stories of unsafe drinking water prepared by CFPA PDF

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