What is CalFresh? CalFresh is a federal nutrition assistance program that serves as one of the most important safeguards against hunger in America. Low-income households that qualify for CalFresh receive monthly electronic benefits that can be used to purchase groceries at most grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and food retailers. Why is the Food Bank involved?… Read More »
The Food Bank’s New Year’s Resolution was to focus on anti-hunger advocacy in addition to continuing to provide food to 190,000 people each month. Just over half way through the year we are proud to announce that the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano has been inducted into Feeding America’s 2016 Advocacy Hall of… Read More »
The State Budget is more than an estimate of California’s annual revenues and expenses; it is an expression of our collective values and priorities. The expansion of anti-hunger investments in the 2016-17 State Budget, which Governor Brown signed into law on Monday, June 27, 2016, reflects a strengthened commitment to end hunger in California. In… Read More »
Andrew Cheyne (left), Lisa Lopez (center), and Carly Finkle (right) in front of the Governor’s office. Meet Lisa. She lives in an apartment in Bay Point. Lisa’s children are grown, but she hands out donated toys at Christmas time to the kids living in her complex if their parents can’t afford to buy them presents.… Read More »
Only about 60 percent of all Contra Costa residents who qualify for federal nutrition assistance, known as CalFresh in California, actually receive these benefits. CalFresh is vitally important to the health of our community, and research shows that children whose families participate in the program are less likely to be obese as adults and more… Read More »
Federal nutrition assistance programs are under attack, once more. This month the House Budget Committee passed a FY2017 Budget Resolution that would cut $3.5 trillion from programs for low-income households over the next ten years, including $150 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). If enacted, these changes would exacerbate hunger and… Read More »
Originally posted on the Vacaville Reporter: An astonishing one out of five children within our community is food-insecure. Child hunger doesn’t just affect children. It affects parents and our society as a whole. When children grow up with chronic hunger, we know that they experience significant physiological damage because their growing bodies don’t get the… Read More »
Earlier this month President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2017 budget, which outlines his aspirations for his final year in office. Although the Senate and House budget committees have both rejected the budget sight unseen, it includes vital support for federal nutrition programs and reinforces the Administration’s commitment to ending hunger in America. Here are… Read More »
Last year California became the 26th state to expand upon the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and offer low-income workers a state tax credit to encourage employment and offset income taxes. For the first time, qualifying households will receive both a federal and state EITC when they file their 2015 returns this tax season.… Read More »
Although the first of January represents clean starts and new beginnings, it also marks the end of the season of giving. At the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, we couldn’t have made it through the holidays without the heart-warming and substantial support that poured in from community members, organizations, and businesses. But our… Read More »
According to the USDA, 7.9 million children living in the U.S. are food insecure, which means that they don’t have consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle. Because malnutrition is a serious and growing concern for children living in food insecure homes and communities, the American Academy of Pediatrics recently asked all… Read More »
Originally posted on the Vacaville Reporter: It is common to dread turning forty, but we at the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano are proud of what we have accomplished as we turn the big 4-0. Today marks the 40th anniversary that our incorporation documents were filed. To honor our 40th birthday, generous donors… Read More »
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