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Protected: Soft Cheeses

August 17, 2012 • Tia Shimada
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Protected: Crudite with Creamy Pesto Dip

August 17, 2012 • Tia Shimada
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Protected: Fruit Salad

August 17, 2012 • Tia Shimada
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Protected: Chocolate Cake with Coffee and Espresso

August 17, 2012 • Tia Shimada
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Protected: Kerry's Birthday Potluck 2012

August 17, 2012 • Tia Shimada
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AB 1560 (Fuentes) Held in Senate Appropriations Committee

August 17, 2012 • Kerry Birnbach
8.17.2012 AB 1560 Food For Health was held in the Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file on Thursday, August 16. AB 1560 aimed to increase CalFresh participation by
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AB 1872 (Alejo) Passes Senate Appropriations Committee!

August 17, 2012 • Elyse Homel Vitale
8.17.2012 AB 1872 Improving Child Care Nutrition was taken off suspense and passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday, August 16.
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AB 1594 Senate Floor Alert

August 17, 2012 • Tia Shimada
A CFPA-prepared floor alert. PDF
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AB 1594 (Eng) Passes Senate Appropriations Committee!

August 17, 2012 • Tia Shimada
8.17.2012 AB 1594 Improving Charter School Nutrition was taken off suspense and passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday, August 16. AB 1594 would extend
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CFPA Particpates in New Video Library Launched Today!

August 14, 2012 • Alexis Fernandez
8.14.2012 The Laura and John Arnold Foundation released the Giving Library today. The site is an online library dedicated to providing information about hundreds of non-profit organizations through video formats. CFPA was lucky enough to participate in the launch of the Giving Library and our video
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AB 1872 (Alejo) Placed in Senate Suspense File

August 8, 2012 • Elyse Homel Vitale
8.8.2012 AB 1872 (Alejo) Improving Child Care Nutrition was referred to the suspense file during the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Monday.
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AB 1560 (Fuentes) Goes to Senate Approps Suspense File

August 8, 2012 • Kerry Birnbach
8.7.2012 AB 1560 (Fuentes) Food for Health was placed in “suspense” during the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing yesterday. A number of proposals faced a similar challenge
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AB 1594 (Eng) Placed in Senate Suspense File

August 7, 2012 • Alexis Fernandez
8.7.2012 AB 1594 (Eng) Improving Charter School Nutrition was placed in “suspense” during the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing yesterday. A number of proposals faced a similar challenge
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Healthy Beverages in Child Care

August 6, 2012 • Elyse Homel Vitale
The latest in implementing healthy beverage and food choices for California’s child care programs link
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NEW BRIEF – Fulfilling the Promise of Free Water in K-12 Schools

August 1, 2012 • Ariana Oliva
8.1.2012 UCSF in collaboration with Change Lab Solutions and CFPA released a policy brief titled, Fulfilling the Promise of Free Water in K-12 Schools. 
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Week in Review: Short-term Farm Bill Extension Possible

July 30, 2012 • Alexis Fernandez
7.30.2012 This week House Republicans are expected to a vote a one-year farm bill extension which would include drought aid for farmers. This short-term bill would rush aid
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Afterschool Nutrition 101

July 18, 2012 • Markell Lewis
Program Information PDF
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The Lunch Box

July 13, 2012 • Markell Lewis
An updated, free online toolkit with menus, recipes, and tools for school food change. link
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Week in Review: House Committee Passes Farm Bill Proposal

July 12, 2012 • Alexis Fernandez
7.12.2012 This morning the House Agriculture Committee passed a Farm Bill proposal with significant cuts to SNAP (CalFresh in California). This proposal, which would cut SNAP
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Comments on Interim Rule for Certification of Compliance

July 12, 2012 • Markell Lewis
7.12.2012 USDA published an interim rule “Certification of Compliance With Meal Requirements for the National School Lunch Program Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010”, that went in to effect July 1, 2012.
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Call-in Day to Protect CalFresh

July 9, 2012 • George Manalo-LeClair
7.9.12  A call-in day has been scheduled for Tuesday in advance of the House Agriculture Committee’s scheduled discussion of serious cuts to SNAP/CalFresh benefits and eligibility on July11. Changes under consideration could reduce CalFresh benefits by at least $15 billion nationally over the next decade.
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State of School Meals in CA

July 6, 2012 • Ariana Oliva
7.6.2012  California Watch,  an online periodical, released a series of articles indicating that school lunches across the state are missing the mark for nutrition standards.
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Water Access in Bay Area Schools

July 5, 2012 • Ariana Oliva
7.5.2012  CDC’s online journal, Preventing Chronic Disease, featured a study on Bay Area students’ access to and intake of water in school food service areas (FSAs) prior to the implementation of SB 1413 and the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA), both of which require that free, [...]
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The Role of Child Care Settings in Reducing Obesity

July 3, 2012 • Nicola Edwards
7.03.2012 CFPA in partnership with the LADPH, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have developed a policy brief on some initial data
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House Considers SNAP Cuts

July 2, 2012 • Jared Call
7.2.12  The House Agriculture Committee is scheduled to discuss serious cuts to SNAP/CalFresh benefits and eligibility during a July 11 hearing. Changes under consideration could reduce CalFresh benefits by at least $15 billion nationally over the next decade.

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