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FRAC Afterschool Nutrition Webinar

May 31, 2011 • George Manalo-LeClair
What You Need to Know About Afterschool Meals link
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AB 6 Assembly Floor Alert

May 31, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
An alert to assembly members in preparation for the floor alert on AB 6 doc
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AB 839 Floor Alert

May 31, 2011 • Tia Shimada
AB 839 Floor Alert for the Assembly PDF
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AB 839 Heading to the Assembly Floor

May 31, 2011 • Tia Shimada
5.31.2011 AB 839 (Brownley) needs your support! The Assembly is likely to vote on the bill by Wednesday or Thursday of this week.
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"School Meals Made from Scratch" II – 5.31.2011

May 30, 2011 • Markell Lewis
5.31.2011 CFPA will host a second convening sponsored by The California Endowment to talk about next steps after a successful first convening in February.
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CDE Releases Info to NSLP Sponsors about Afterschool Meals

May 27, 2011 • Markell Lewis
5.30.2011 In a recent information alert, CDE notified NSLP sponsors that they are eligible to enroll in CACFP to provide afterschool meals at eligible sites.
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FRAC Webinar on Water in Schools

May 24, 2011 • George Manalo-LeClair
5.24.2011 The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) hosted a webinar on implementing the water-in-schools requirement.  CFPA’s Ken Hecht participated
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BreakfastFirst Webinar Materials

May 21, 2011 • Tia Shimada
5.21.2011 Materials for the six-webinar series on building and sustaining effective school breakfast programs are now available on the BreakfastFirst Campaign website link
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California Impact of Chairman Ryan's Budget Resolution

May 15, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
Cuts to and restructuring of SNAP funding would harm low-income Californian, as well as state and local economies PDF
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Analysis: The CA Impact of Rep. Ryan's Budget Resolution

May 15, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
5.15.2011 Cuts to and restructuring of SNAP funding would harm low-income Californians, as well as state and local economies. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan recently introduced a long-term federal budget plan that was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on April 15, 2011.
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CA Dept. of Education Issues Guidance on Water in Schools

April 21, 2011 • George Manalo-LeClair
4.21.2011 The CA Department of Education just posted information on their website about implementing the water-in-schools requirement. The post includes information
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We Look Forward to Seeing You!

April 15, 2011 • Kerry Birnbach
May 4th, 2011 at 9am! St. John’s Lutheran Church, Goethe Hall1701 L Street, Sacramento 95811 ENACT Day will end around 3pm at the State Capitol depending on when you have arranged to meet with your legislators. If you have registered, but will not be able to attend ENACT, [...]
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Save the Date! Hunger Action Day is Tuesday, May 17th

April 15, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
Hunger Action Day is just around the corner!
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AB 839 Passes Out of Assembly Education

April 13, 2011 • Tia Shimada
4.13.2011 Today AB 839 (Brownley), Putting Breakfast First, passed the Assembly Committee on Education with 7 “aye” votes.
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USDA Releases Memo on Water in Schools Requirement

April 12, 2011 • George Manalo-LeClair
4.12.2011 Today, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a memo explaining the water-in-schools requirement included in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
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Read USDA's Response to CDSS's Most Recent Request

April 8, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
4.8.2011 In response to CDSS’s most recent waiver-extension request, USDA extended the current reporting waiver until September 1, 2011 at which point California will need to show “commitment to expedited conversion” to a simplified reporting system for CalFresh. Read the letter from USDA. PDF
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AB 6 Sample Support Letter to the Author

April 1, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
A sample support letter to Assembly Member Felipe Fuentes (D-Los Angeles), author of AB 6 doc
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AB 839 Sample Letter of Support to Assembly Education

March 25, 2011 • Tia Shimada
Sample letter of support to the Assembly Committe on Education – please submit by April 4, 2011. doc
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ENACT Webinar 4.8.2011

March 21, 2011 • Kerry Birnbach
If you have questions about ENACT, please join us on our upcoming webinar on April 8th at 1pm.
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I've Registered for ENACT. Now What?

March 15, 2011 • Kerry Birnbach
3.15.11 Thank for registering for ENACT! Now that that’s taken care of, there are a few more things you need to do:
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ENACT 2011 Schedulue

March 14, 2011 • Kerry Birnbach
Summary of the day’s events PDF
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CFPA Legislation Heading to Assembly Committee

March 2, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
3.1.2011 AB 6 (Fuentes) The CalFresh Act of 2011 and AB 69 (Beall) Increasing Senior CalFresh Participation
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ENACT 2011 General Information

March 1, 2011 • Kerry Birnbach
3.1.11 ENACT Nutrition and Activity Day is the Strategic Alliance’s yearly, grass-roots lobby day
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Keeping Children Healthy in California's Child Care Environments

February 26, 2011 • George Manalo-LeClair
Keeping Children Healthy in California’s Child Care Environments: Recommendations to Improve Nutrition and Increase Physical Activity (CDE NSD) Link to Full report Link to Summary
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"School Meals Made from Scratch" Convening 2.25.2011

February 24, 2011 • Markell Lewis
2.25.2011 CFPA will host the first School Meals Made from Scratch convening sponsored by The California Endowment to bring together school food service directors and partners

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