Legislative Action

The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of  2009 provides an opportunity to make significant   improvements to school meals, summer meals, meals served at after-school and day care programs, and WIC. End Hunger CT! has led and participated in activities that reach out to our Connecticut delegation asking them to speak up to end childhood hunger in Connecticut.

Activities include:
-Testifying before Congress
-Organizing Child Nutrition Listening Sessions in Districts #3 (DeLauro) and #2 (Courtney)
-Leading a Child Nutrition Webinar in collaboration with the Connecticut Association for Human Services(CAHS)

End Hunger CT! and other hunger advocates are asking for improvements to child nutrition programs through the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act. Our goal is to make changes through the Act so that child nutrition programs will reach more hungry children, providing them with more nutritious foods. The foundation for these changes can be found in the National Child Nutrition Forum's Statement of Principles for Child Nutrition Reauthorization, which calls on the Administration and Congress to enact a reauthorization bill that:

•  assures and strengthens program access and supports participation by underserved children and communities.
• enhances nutrition quality and provides adequate meal reimbursements.
• modernizes technology and simplifies program administration and operation.

Join thousands of other organizations by signing on too!

Other actions you can take:

• Contact your Congressional Representative(s) and ask them to support bills that have been introduced with strong provisions to combat childhood hunger
• Invite your Congressional Representative(s) to Visit to Your Child Nutrition Program.  End Hunger CT! is happy to help you with organizing and planning this site visit. You can fill out a request here.
  
• Give Us Your Input.  Please let us know how improvements achieved through Child Nutrition Reauthorization can benefit children in your community. 
  
  End Hunger Connecticut! asks all of our partners to send a message to the United States Department of Agriculture letting them know that ending childhood hunger requires more than using the federal food program more effectively. Moreover, ending childhood hunger is about the whole family; about fair wages, good jobs, family care, and support for families so they can become self-sufficient in addition to appropriate nutrition programs that are accessible to all and funded as necessary.
  
  The Food Research and Action Center's (FRAC) "Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015: The Essential Strategies for Achieving the President's Goal.
  
  Child Nutrition Reauthorization Resources
  
   Child Nutrition Reauthorization Fact Sheet
  
   End Hunger CT! Child Nutrition Reauthorization Paper
  
   Northeast Regional Anti-Hunger Network supports President Obama's Goal
  
  FRAC blog on President Obama's commitment to end childhood hunger by 2015:
  http://frac.org/blog/
  
  Current Child Nutrition Bills
  
  

Past Legislative Priorities

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