Seniors and People With Disabilities Finally Get Hunger Relief

In a historic budget agreement signed by the Governor on June 27th, the state of California is finally easing hunger for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. This 2018-19 budget deal will allow Californians on SSI to qualify for CalFresh nutrition assistance beginning in mid-2019. SSI is a safety net program

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Innovative Program Gives Hunger a Voice

To support grassroots solutions to hunger, the Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano has piloted the Speaker Series. This advocacy-training program for community members with lived experiences of hunger is designed to lift up the voices of real people facing hunger issues so they can become agents for change

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For many seniors the monthly decision is food or…

For 74 year-old Theresa of Antioch, her retirement years are anything but golden. Theresa shares, “I thought my older years would be easy. Instead of easy, I’m not making it.” Theresa is not unique. For a growing number of seniors, that is the reality. In fact, 1 in 11 seniors

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Join the Food Bank for Hunger Action Day 2018

Did you know that 1 in 8 members of our community turns to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano each month? The Food Bank supports neighbors from all walks of life and in all corners of our community. Emergency food assistance is essential, but it isn’t enough. The

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Update on Fires Affecting Local Food Banks

Food Bank provides assistance to communities impacted by North Bay fires  As devastating fires continue to burn throughout the North Bay, community members, local nonprofits, and government leaders have responded quickly to calls for assistance. The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano stands with all those impacted by this

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President’s Budget Will Increase Hunger and Hardship

The president released his proposed FY 2018 budget this month that calls for $193 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over the next decade. These deep cuts represent a 25 percent reduction in funding, a move that would increase hunger and deepen poverty for millions of

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Immigration fears and hunger

This month The Nation covered the impact that immigration fears have been having on hunger in California. Counties across the state have reported increasing instances of cancelled CalFresh nutrition assistance applications and food banks have been seeing decreasing numbers of immigrants at their distributions, which they attribute to fears that

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Food Fight Fever

The 2016 13th annual Counties Care Holiday Food Fight heated up this year, with Solano County employees determined to win back the Big Apple trophy. Each holiday season, Contra Costa and Solano county employees raise funds for the Food Bank. Each year only one county wins bragging rights and possession

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Governor’s Budget fails to lift SSI recipients out of poverty

On Tuesday Governor Brown revealed a conservative 2016-17 Budget Proposal that maintains recession-era cuts to the vital Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. SSI is a very basic income available to blind, disabled, and aged individuals who have limited or no income and resources. The maximum grant for an individual is

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