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Take Action: National Call-In Day to Support SNAP

June 17, 2013 • Kerry Birnbach
6.17.2013 Join advocates from across the nation on Tuesday, June 18 by participating in the National Call-In Day to Protect SNAP. This week, as the House takes up debate on the Farm Bill (which includes a $20 million cut to SNAP) it’s
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Video: Healthy Changes Start in Preschool

June 13, 2013 • Elyse Homel Vitale
6.13.2013 This video, produced by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, highlights the efforts of one educational organization, Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP), to keep kids healthy at an early age.
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AB 290 Passes the Senate Human Services Committee!

June 11, 2013 • Elyse Homel Vitale
6.11.2013 AB 290 (Alejo) Foundations for Healthy Nutrition in Child Care made it out of the Senate Human Services Committee this afternoon with a bipartisan vote of 6-0! AB 290, a bill that would add one hour to the Preventive Health and Safety training in order to educate [...]
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Senate Passes Farm Bill; House Takes It Up Next Week

June 10, 2013 • Kerry Birnbach
6.10.2013 On Monday, June 10th the U.S. Senate passed a Farm Bill, S 954, by a 66 – 27 vote. S 954 includes a $4 billion cut to SNAP and an amendment that would bar former violent
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Tapping into Water at the Childhood Obesity Conference

June 10, 2013 • Ariana Oliva
6.10.2013  Join us at this year’s Childhood Obesity Conference in Long Beach, CA to hear about the cutting edge research on drinking water access in schools and to learn how to make water more readily accessible on your school campus.
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Sugar Bites. Choose Water Instead.

June 10, 2013 • Ariana Oliva
6.10.2013 First 5 Contra Costa and Healthy + Active Before 5 Collaborative launch a new health campaign, Sugar Bites, to encourage parents to choose water over sugary beverages.
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Is it time to get angry? Poor children will be nutritionally deprived by SNAP cuts.

June 5, 2013 • Yolanda Anguiano
6.5.2013 Securing CalFresh  benefits for our most vulnerable families is an investment in our nation’s future.
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CFPA Presenting at Childhood Obesity Conference

June 5, 2013 • Markell Lewis
6.5.2013 CFPA is pleased to announce our participation as featured speakers during several sessions at the upcoming Childhood Obesity Conference in Long Beach, June 18-20.
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AB 191 Sample Senate Support Letter

May 29, 2013 • Alexis Fernandez
A CFPA prepared sample support letter. DOC
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AB 191 Passes the Assembly Floor!

May 29, 2013 • Alexis Fernandez
5.29.2013 AB191 (Bocanegra) passed the Assembly Floor this afternoon with an initial vote of 51-21. The bill seeks to improve alignment between CalFresh and Medi-Cal to
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AB 191 Passes Assembly Appropriations!

May 24, 2013 • Alexis Fernandez
5.24.2013 AB 191 passed out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee today. Previously held in in the Assembly Appropriations suspense file, AB 191 is now heading to
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California Department of Education Guidelines- Adequate Time to Eat

May 23, 2013 • Tracey Patterson
CDE Guidelines, January 2013: Providing Students with Adequate Time to Eat. link
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The Farm Bill is Moving

May 16, 2013 • Kerry Birnbach
5.16.2013 The House and Senate Committees on Agriculture have each passed Farm Bill proposals that include significant cuts to SNAP (known as CalFresh in CA).
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Unanimous Vote in Support of Breakfast in the Classroom

May 14, 2013 • Nicola Edwards
5.14.2013  This afternoon the Los Angeles Unified School Board of Edcuation voted unanimously to continue to expand a program that now feeds breakfast to over 200,000 students a day.  
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NFLAF Coalition Launches a Campaign to Close the CalFresh Utilization gap

May 10, 2013 • Yolanda Anguiano
5.10.2013 The NFLAF Coalition brought together new partners to strengthen our request for LA DPSS to adopt new strategies to enroll the nearly one million additional county residents eligible for CalFresh,
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Survey Results: State Meal (CACFP) Reimbursement Cut

May 6, 2013 • Elyse Homel Vitale
5.06.2013 Despite a vast body of research demonstrating that spending on child care and development reaps a high return on investment,
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Celebrate School Lunch Superhero Day!

May 3, 2013 • Markell Lewis
5.3.2013 Today, May 3rd, is School Lunch Superhero Day! CFPA celebrates school food superheroes and acknowledges all of those who are working hard to prepare and serve fresh, healthful, and appealing school food each day.
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AB 290 Passes the Assembly!

April 30, 2013 • Elyse Homel Vitale
4.30.2013 AB 290 (Alejo) Foundations for Healthy Nutrition in Child Care passed the Assembly yesterday with a bipartisan floor vote of 77-0! The bill, which would amend licensing laws to add one hour to the preventive health and safety training in order to educate
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New Online Toolkit to Promote School Meals in CA

April 26, 2013 • Markell Lewis
4.26.2013 School Food Services now have a great new resources available to help them promote their program – an online “Outreach Toolkit”!
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Smart Lunchroom Makeovers

April 25, 2013 • Ariana Oliva
4.25.2013 The Smarter Lunchroom Movement is kicking up momentum. Join food service directors across the state for a free webinar on May 2nd from 2-3 PM to learn how to incorporate Smarter Lunchrooom strategies in your cafeteria.
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Streamlining At-Risk Afterschool Meals for SFAs

April 24, 2013 • Markell Lewis
4.24.2013 CDE released a management bulletin detailing the ways they are simplifying the application for and operation of CACFP afterschool meals for School Food Authorities (SFA). 
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Students more likely to choose and eat sliced fruit!

April 22, 2013 • Markell Lewis
4.22.2013 A study by Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab found that by simply slicing whole fruit, students were more likely to choose it and to eat it. Cafeteria staff used low-tech fruit sectionizers (available for around $200) to quickly slice whole apples
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Congratulations to Los Angeles Unified!

April 19, 2013 • Nicola Edwards
4.19.2013  It’s been just over a year since CFPA announced the launch of Los Angeles Unified School District’s Breakfast in the Classroom initiative.  Read about the remarkable progress that has been made since then!
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AB 191 Moved to Assembly Appropriations Suspense

April 18, 2013 • Alexis Fernandez
4.18.2013 AB 191 (Bocanegra) Strengthening the Connection between CalFresh and Medi-Cal was heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Appropriations Wednesday, April 17. Due to estimated costs cited in
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AB 290 Passes Out of Assembly Appropriations!

April 18, 2013 • Elyse Homel Vitale
4.18.13 AB 290 (Alejo) Foundations for Healthy Nutrition in Child Care passed out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee yesterday. The bill was placed on the consent calendar, a set of non-controversial bills that are grouped together and voted on as a package during the committee hearing. AB 290’s committee [...]

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