Media Advisory: United Call for Continued Funding for School Breakfast and Meals for Kids

Senators, Representatives, and Coalition members urge Governor Lamont to include funding for school meals in his upcoming budget.  [Hartford] State senators, state representatives, and members of the School Meal for All CT coalition gathered at the legislative office building today to call for continued funding [...]

2024-01-24T20:34:41+00:00January 24th, 2024|Advocacy, Press Release, School Meals for All CT|

Congress, fully fund the WIC Program NOW

Short falling WIC will take food from babies’ mouths  More than half of babies in the U.S. depend on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) — about 48,000 being here in Connecticut. WIC provides access to supplemental food, health care [...]

2024-01-09T20:20:06+00:00January 9th, 2024|Advocacy|

Good news: Government shutdown avoided. Bad news: Critical funding for babies and mothers’ nutrition out.

Congress Passes (Another) Continuing Resolution; Final Action on Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Looms Ahead in the New Year This week, the Senate (87–11) and House (336–95) passed a continuing resolution (CR), H.R. 6363, that averted a government shutdown – signed by the President on Thursday, November [...]

2023-11-20T22:47:46+00:00November 20th, 2023|Advocacy|

Let’s talk about mental health and hunger

Information and resources to help you become an ally this Hunger Action Month and National Suicide Prevention Week, September 2023 Our minds and stomachs are deeply connected. More specifically, the gut-brain connection sends signals back and forth to each other constantly: an intestine [...]

2023-12-15T15:54:39+00:00September 15th, 2023|Advocacy, SNAP|
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