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SB 1002 Heads to the Senate Health Committee

June 3, 2014 • Alexis Fernandez
6.3.2014 SB 1002 (De León), Aligning Opportunities for Health, passed the Senate Floor on Tuesday, May 27 with unanimous support. We would like to thank Senator De León, our co-sponsor,
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Updated Agenda and Workshop Descriptions Posted

June 3, 2014 • Yolanda Anguiano
6.2.2014 CalFresh In-Reach Convening to Increase Access to Nutritious Food is coming to  LA County. 
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Aligning LCFF with School Meal Provisions: Hopeful Signs

June 2, 2014 • Tia Shimada
6.2.2014 In recent weeks, the Assembly and Senate Budget Committees took action to include proposals in their respective 2014-15 budgets that would better align the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) with school meal provisions such as Provision 2 (P2) and the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
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AB 2449 Passes the Assembly Floor!

June 2, 2014 • Tracey Patterson
6.2.2014 AB 2449 (Bocanegra), Adequate Time to Eat: Lunchtime Supports Learning, passed the Assembly on Wednesday,  May 28 with a bipartisan vote of 51-21! 
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AB 2449 Sample Support Letter

May 30, 2014 • Tracey Patterson
A CFPA-prepared sample support letter. DOC
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Take Action Today! Congress: Protect School Meals

May 28, 2014 • Elyse Homel Vitale
05.28.2014 As you may know, the House Appropriations Committee is voting tomorrow morning, May 29th, on the agriculture spending bill for FY 2015. This bill includes a waiver that would allow schools to opt out of complying with all school meal standards
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Join Us for Virtual ENACT Day on May 29!

May 28, 2014 • Alexis Fernandez
5.28.2014 Tomorrow’s the big day for community health advocates in California! Whether you’re joining us at the Capitol or logging on from your desk, happy ENACT Day 2014!
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Assembly & Senate Release Proposed ECE Budgets

May 27, 2014 • Elyse Homel Vitale
5.27.2014 Last week California’s Assembly and Senate budget subcommittees held hearings to discuss and vote on items in their proposed budgets for early childhood education (ECE). We applaud the Assembly for including a $10 million investment in nutrition in their proposed budget.
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SB 1002: Senate Floor Alert

May 23, 2014 • Alexis Fernandez
CFPA and WCLP prepared a Floor Alert to members of the Senate. PDF
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AB 2449 Sample Assembly Floor Alert

May 23, 2014 • Tracey Patterson
A CFPA-prepared Assembly Floor Alert DOC
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AB 2449 Passes Assembly Appropriations!

May 23, 2014 • Tracey Patterson
5.23.2014 An amended AB 2449 (Bocanegra) Adequate Time to Eat was taken off suspense and passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee today! 
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City of LA Proclaims CalFresh Awareness Month

May 23, 2014 • Yolanda Anguiano
5.23.2014 CalFresh Champion, LA Councilman Fuentes, said we must close the CalFresh utilization gap.
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SB 1147 Held in Senate Appropriations Committee

May 23, 2014 • Alexis Fernandez
5.23.2014 SB 1147 (DeSaulnier) CalFresh Performance Goals and Customer Service Standards was held in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday, May 23. SB 1147 will not be moving to the Senate Floor. In partnership with
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SB 1002 Passes Senate Appropriations!

May 23, 2014 • Alexis Fernandez
5.23.2014 SB 1002 (De León) Aligning Opportunities for Health passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday, May 23. SB 1002 will next be moving to the Senate Floor
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Upcoming Webinars: Community Eligibility and LCFF

May 20, 2014 • Tia Shimada
5.20.2014 Find out how your students and schools can benefit from the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) while also collecting the data necessary to implement LCFF.
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School Nutrition Standards Implementation Successes

May 20, 2014 • Tracey Patterson
5.20.2014 Current Congressional efforts to weaken school nutrition standards from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act would significantly undermine the successes that schools have had in improving the quality of school meals. 
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Governor Brown's Revised Budget: LCFF and School Meals

May 15, 2014 • Tia Shimada
5.13.014 We are glad to see that Governor Brown is working to address the impact of the Local Control Funding Formula on access to much-needed, free school meals.
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Take Action! Tell Congress to Protect Child Nutrition Programs

May 14, 2014 • Elyse Homel Vitale
05.14.2014 Nearly 2.5 million children live in food-insecure households in California. For those children, meals served at school are a critical resource and may be the only nutritious meals they receive all day.
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CFPA Statement: Governor’s May Revision

May 13, 2014 • Alexis Fernandez
5.13.2014 This morning, Governor Brown released his 2014-15 budget revision. The revision affirms the Governor’s commitment to continued austerity and a reduction of state debt. While State revenues have been forecasted to increase
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CalFresh Awareness Month is Here

May 6, 2014 • Yolanda Anguiano
05.06.14 Community based organizations continue to be at the forefront of closing the CalFresh utilization gap.
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Updated Healthy Snack & Meal Guide for Afterschool

May 5, 2014 • Tracey Patterson
5.5.14 CANFIT has revised their afterschool snack and meal guide to include updated information on the federal afterschool meal program.
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ECE Nutrition Investments: Advocacy Crunch Time!

May 5, 2014 • Elyse Homel Vitale
5.5.2014 The Governor is expected to release the May revision of his proposed budget by mid-May. As soon as the May Revise is released, the Senate and Assembly quickly go to work finalizing their budget proposals.
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The Community Eligibility Provision: Act Now!

May 1, 2014 • Tia Shimada
5.1.2014 The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a new opportunity for high-poverty schools to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. All students deserve to be well nourished and ready to learn.
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CFPA Comments on Proposed Local School Wellness Policy

April 30, 2014 • Jeannie Wakamatsu
4.30.2014 As part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA), USDA proposed a new set of guidelines to be included in the local school wellness policies
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AB 290 (Alejo) Implementation Update

April 30, 2014 • Elyse Homel Vitale
4.30.2014 In October 2013, Governor Brown signed the CFPA-sponsored bill AB 290 (Alejo) Foundations for Healthy Nutrition in Child Care in to law. While the bill’s effective date is January 1, 2016

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