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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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School Breakfast Data by District

February 21, 2011 • Tia Shimada
District-specific school breakfast participation data for 2009-10 PDF
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Reauthorization Implementation Plans Posted

February 13, 2011 • George Manalo-LeClair
2.8.2011 The USDA is posting all CNR-related implementation plans and updates resulting to the web. Find the USDA Child Nutrition site here.
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Senate Passes Its CNR Bill; Takes $ from SNAP

February 13, 2011 • George Manalo-LeClair
8.1.2010 Senate unanimously passes Lincoln’s CNR bill, taking funding for CNR from SNAP budget. Just before the Senate went on its August recess, it unanimously
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Sign-on to Support Semi-Annual Reporting

February 13, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
1.3.2011 Support a move to semi-annual reporting in California; sign the Campaign’s letter to USDA.
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Just Launched: Campaign for 6 Month Reporting

February 13, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
12.1.2010 CFPA and co-chairs have launched a Campaign for 6 Month Reporting for CalFresh.
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Assembly Member Fuentes Introduces AB 6!

February 13, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
12.6.2010 Assembly Member Felipe Fuentes has introduced AB 6 The CalFRESH Act of 2011: Finding Resources and Eliminating Significant Hurdles. The proposal calls for
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CFPA Senior Advocate Matt Sharp Testifies Before Education and Workforce Committee

February 12, 2011 • George Manalo-LeClair
10.8.2009 Matt Sharp, a Senior Policy Advocate at CFPA, testifies at a Education and Workforce Committee hearing examining innovative practices to improve child nutrition. View Matt’s testimony before the committee. link  
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CFPA's CalFresh Forum Wrap-up Now Posted!

February 10, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
2.10.2011 The 2011 CalFresh Forum took place on February 9th in Sacramento, CA. The event was a great success!
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Particpant Resources

February 10, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
Event Agenda PDF2011 “Freshy Nominees” PDFForum Speaker Bios PDFForum Panelist Bios PDF
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Morning Presentations

February 9, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
Promising Practices from Pennsylvania for Reaching Seniors, Julie Zaebest & Elisa Zygmunt PDF SNAP Trends in 2011, Stacy Dean PDF Transforming Government, Terre Penn PDF Lessons and Practices from Washington PDF Washington State Options Profile PDF Watch the Washington State Video link
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Afternoon Workshops

February 8, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
CalFresh Rebranding Workshop Presentation by Laurel Sutton PDF Presentation by Maria Leech PDF Presentation by David Ginsburg PDF 2011 CalFresh Legislation Workshop Information on AB 6 (Fuentes) linkThe CalFresh Act of 2011 Information on SB 43 (Liu) linkHelping the Unemployed Keep CalFresh Benefits Information on AB 69 (Beal) [...]
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Read the January 2011 Advocate Sign-on Letter

January 31, 2011 • Alexis Fernandez
1.31.2011 In January of 2011, advocates across California joined together to once again address the issues of semi-annual reporting in California. Advocates asked that

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