In The News ‘Essential for Everyone’: Food Aid Bill for Undocumented Californians Gains Momentum KQED • June 4, 2021 In The News Buscan más presupuesto en salud y alimentación para los trabajadores sin documentos La Opinión • June 3, 2021 In The News Proponen iniciativa legal para ampliar asistencia de alimentos, sin importar estatus legal Univision Fresno • May 21, 2021 In The News Lawmakers Consider Food Assistance for Undocumented Californians Public News Service • May 13, 2021 In The News Lawmakers Consider Food Assistance for Undocumented Californians Public News Service • May 13, 2021 In The News•News & Media Releases Let’s make California a state where there is food for all CalMatters • May 10, 2021 In The News•News & Media Releases Where there is great need, mutual aid groups feed L.A. Los Angeles Times • March 17, 2021 In The News Hurtado introduces food assistance bill in light of COVID fallout The Sun-Gazette • March 10, 2021 In The News ComidaParaTodos – Food4All On KIQI 1010 AM March 10, 2021 Hecho en California Segment on KIQI 1010 AM Betzabel Estudillo, Senior Advocate, Discusses SB 464 – Food4All. #46 – Marzo 10 de 10am a 11am – find this clip under “Nuestro Podcast” Interview timestamp: 00:33 min – 0:41 min In The News ComidaParaTodos – Food4All on Radio Bilingue Radio Bilingue • March 2, 2021 Para que todos los californianos, no importa su estado migratorio, tengan acceso al programa de asistencia alimentaria de California. In The News Paperwork Problems Keep Hungry Californians from Getting Food Stamps Imprint • February 19, 2021 In The News Proposed law would give undocumented Californians access to state food assistance Sacramento Bee • February 17, 2021 Press Release Senator Hurtado Introduces Bill (#ComidaParaTodos) to Ensure Food Assistance for All Eligible Residents, Regardless of Immigration Status February 17, 2021 SACRAMENTO, CA – With the COVID-19 health and economic crisis demonstrating a critical hole in California’s food delivery system, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) introduced legislation today to provide state-funded food benefits to everyone who is eligible in California – regardless […] In The News Will COVID-19 spur California to ease food stamp applications? CalMatters • January 7, 2021 Press Release P-EBT extended benefits press release December 10, 2020 Press Release Pandemic-EBT 1.0 Extended Benefits November 24, 2020 Bilen Mesfin Packwood, bilen@change-llc.com, 510-681-5978 (Oakland, CA) – Just in time for the holidays, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is mailing new Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) benefit cards for the months of August and September to eligible families. The [...] In The News Pandemic response shows hunger is a problem that can be solved San Francisco Examiner • November 24, 2020 In The News State Of Food Insecurity In California CapRadio • November 17, 2020 The number of households that don’t have enough food to eat is growing. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture suggesting that more than 10 percent of American households experienced food insecurity in 2019. In The News Advocates looking at longer term solutions as food insecurity grows during pandemic San Diego Union-Tribune • October 26, 2020 The number of households that don’t have enough food to eat is growing. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture suggesting that more than 10 percent of American households experienced food insecurity in 2019. In The News Hunger rises in Bay Area as pandemic lingers San Francisco Chronicle • September 15, 2020 Navy veteran Andy Cuevas has always prided himself on being self-sufficient. But when the pandemic hit and the Belmont resident was laid off from work as a veterans’ coordinator at Cañada College. In The News Del Paso Neighbors Keep Food Fresh for Families in Hard Times Capital Public Radio • September 3, 2020 Stretching grocery money and rationing meals was already the norm for many families in Del Paso Heights—a tight-knit neighborhood northeast of downtown. In The News USDA extends free school meal program after backlash KTVU • September 1, 2020 In a significant reversal, the USDA announced it will extend its free grab-and-go school meal program, after backlash over its plan to let the program expire at the end of September, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. In The News Families worried now that coronavirus-inspired federal food assistance is over with school back in session KTVU • August 27, 2020 The window to apply for a federal nutrition program that provides grocery funds for children who qualify for free-and-reduced lunch has closed because it was always intended as a one-time payment when schools were closed for the summer. In The News Food relief is critical to economic recovery SF Chronicle • August 12, 2020 As veterans of the Great Recession, we feel a strong sense of deja vu in the current economic crisis. While we didn’t have to face the challenges of social distancing or rising death tolls in rebuilding the economy during the Great Recession, many other struggles are familiar, including [...] In The News Poverty, Hunger & Homelessness Expected To Rise If Unemployment & SNAP Benefits Aren’t Expanded KALW • August 4, 2020 On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing how the loss of additional unemployment benefits is impacting people who are struggling. Two months ago, House Democrats passed a bill to extend the extra $600 a week in federal benefits. Republicans want to reduce benefits to $200 a week. In The News Congress is working on another stimulus package; it should help all immigrant Californians CalMatters • July 31, 2020 1 2 3 4 5 … 11 Show These Topics AdultsCalFreshChild NutritionFederal AdvocacyFood4AllImmigrantsOlder AdultsSchool-Aged ChildrenState AdministrationState LegislationThriving TransitionsWICYoung Children Show These Types In The NewsPress Release Show This Date Range From to
