The below is the latest Action Alert from the Food Research Center. The article illustrates how movement in our government can help so many families in low income households get food on the table. But they need your help! “Yesterday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason […]
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Kevin Mullin (CA-15) introduced the Poverty Line Act with support from fellow lawmakers and more than 40 organizations from across the country to modernize the way the federal poverty line (FPL) is calculated, which has not been updated in nearly 60 years. The current method for calculating poverty line is out […]
Website is for recipients of SNAP, TANF and Medicaid Floridians who get food, cash or health care assistance through the government now need to navigate a new website. The Florida Department of Children and Families is launching a new “My Access Portal” for assistance with SNAP, TANF and Medicaid programs. The website is MyACCESS.myflfamilies.com. The […]
Florida Impact recently had the pleasure of hosting an agriculture club at Eccleston Elementary School! This program teaches elementary school students how to eat healthy and live well. During this session, we focused on healthy snacking and taught students how to make Rainbow Fruit Kabobs. We had a great time with the students! Thank you, […]
Calling all Hunger Advocates! It’s time to raise our voices to protect the highly effective and successful WIC (Women, Infants, Children) program! Unless immediate action is taken by Congress in November, WIC will experience a funding shortfall early next year—causing many women and children to be waitlisted for the program and/or their benefits cut. Unfortunately, […]
We are pleased to announce the 13th Annual Sunshine Summit to End Hunger, a one-day event presented by the Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger with partners Bread for the World and Florida Impact. This is an in-person conference on Friday, October 27th, at UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County, 5339 County Road 579, Seffner, FL 33584. […]
The Food Research & Action Center’s (FRAC) latest report shows that afterschool meal programs are struggling to meet the needs of children as pandemic era waivers have ended and as costs have skyrocketed. FRAC, the nation’s leading anti-hunger organization, has found that participation in afterschool meal programming has dropped substantially for the first time since […]
Millions of Americans rely on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, to extend their grocery budget in order to afford nutritious foods. As of October 1st, the program received a much-needed boost to meet the increased costs of living. Every October, SNAP benefits increase to take the cost of living into account. The 2024 change […]
On September 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it is expanding the availability of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). This new ruling provides an additional 3,000 school districts in high-need areas the opportunity to serve breakfast and lunch to all students at no cost. The new ruling will be effective as […]
We are wrapping up another successful year of Farm to School at Fort Braden School, or as we like to call it, Farm to Fort! Thanks to the amazing support from our partners and funding from the USDA’s Farm to School Grant program, we were able to engage students all year long. We were able […]