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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.
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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.
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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 [...]
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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.
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Congress is working on another stimulus package; it should help all immigrant Californians

CalMatters • July 31, 2020
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Opinion: One Thing We All Agree On

California Health Report • July 30, 2020
If there is one issue most Americans would agree on right now, it’s that we should protect our youngest children from hunger during the Covid-19 crisis. And yet the pandemic-related closure of child care facilities in California and across the country means hundreds of thousands of infants and [...]
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‘It’s like a vicious cycle’: How the pandemic leaves the poor not only exposed, but hungry

SacBee • July 29, 2020
Rarely does a mother try to stop her child from drinking a glass of milk. But with schools closed and unemployment spiking during the pandemic, Lissete Frausto, a mother of two in Oakland, finds she has little choice.
Press Release

Food Benefits Available to Children Who Qualify for Free or Reduced-Price School Meals; But Window to Apply Closes on July 15

July 15, 2020
CFPA and our partners released the following statements. P-EBT Press Release
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Our elected leaders should do more to help feed hungry children during the summer of COVID-19

June 23, 2020
6.22.20 CalMatters, link
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How a pandemic exposed racial inequality, food insecurity in California’s Central Valley

June 19, 2020
6.19.20 Fresno Bee, link
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Proposed Law Would Streamline Food Assistance Application Process For Seniors

June 17, 2020
6.17.20 KPBS, link
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Online grocery ordering still unavailable for many vulnerable to COVID-19

June 16, 2020
6.16.20 KTVU 2, link
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OPINION: In the age of COVID-19, California must remove barriers to food assistance with SB 882

June 15, 2020
6.15.20 Op-Ed, Hub LA, link
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Remove barriers to accessing CalFresh, the state’s food assistance program

June 11, 2020
6.10.20 Op-ed, CalMatters, link
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How Grocery Shopping Online Could Help Close Equity Gaps

June 8, 2020
6.8.20 California Health Report, link
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Op-Ed: SB 882, a bill to make food more available

June 7, 2020
6.7.20 Orange County Register, PDF
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How Grocery Shopping Online Could Help Close Equity Gaps

June 4, 2020
6.4.20 Yes Magazine, link
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Mothers Who Rely on Federal Food Aid Struggle to Get Groceries Safely During the Covid-19 Outbreak

June 1, 2020
6.1.20 Time, link
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Demand for food assistance soars in Silicon Valley during COVID-19 lockdown

May 28, 2020
5.28.20 San Jose Spotlight, link
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In the midst of a crisis, California needs to improve access to food aid

May 15, 2020
5.14.20 SF Examiner, link
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Pandemic EBT for eligible California families

May 7, 2020
5.6.20 KION News, link
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Grocery Money Zips Straight to California’s Needy Students Amid School Closures

May 6, 2020
5.5.20 The Chronicle of Social Change, link
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Food program for women and children won’t allow home delivery; advocates call for change

April 29, 2020
4.28.20 San Francisco Chronicle, PDF
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Fresno EOC Food Bus Delivering Free Meals

April 28, 2020
4.06.20 Fox26 News, link
Press Release

California Stakeholders Urge Expansion of Online Purchasing and Grocery Delivery for WIC 2020

April 27, 2020
CFPA and the California WIC Association released the following statements. PDF

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