Updated October 2, 2025 En español As of Oct. 1, 2025, the U.S. government has shut down. While this situation is still developing, we expect this will increase hunger in Contra Costa and Solano Counties – at a time when rising prices and historic cuts to food and medical benefits
It’s CalFresh Awareness Month, and there are so many reasons to celebrate the nation’s largest and most important hunger-fighting program. But right now CalFresh (SNAP nationally, formerly food stamps) is facing steep budget cuts that could leave our neighbors struggling to put food on their tables! There are so many
This June, two of our Community Advocates had the chance to expand their skills and share their lived expertise at Feeding America’s second annual Elevating Voices Power Summit in Washington DC. Dawn Manley and Willie Mendoza were among just 50 advocates who were awarded scholarships from Feeding America to attend
The Advocacy Team was honored to bring our Community Advocate, Bryan Espinoza, to Capitol Hill this June to attend the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference and advocate alongside us. Bryan was inspired to become a Community Advocate due to the severe food insecurity he experienced while in college. While his classmates
Every day, we help neighbors get the food they need to feed themselves and their loved ones. But to truly end hunger, we need to create a community where everyone can access affordable, healthy food. That’s why we create our annual Legislative Agenda, which highlights bills and initiatives that will
On September 30th, the final day of the 2022 California legislative session, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 641 (Skinner) – the CalFresh for College Students Act into law. The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano advocated for this bill as part of our Legislative Agenda, as there are well-documented
For the past few months The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano’s Advocacy Team has been studying food insecurity and hunger-related issues, holding meetings and working with stakeholders in the pursuit of building our annual organizational Legislative Agenda—the specific pieces of legislation that we support. That months-long process is
The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano takes pride in being good stewards of our community’s generosity; your trust is exceptionally important to us. That’s why we are thrilled to announce that the Food Bank recently received another 4-star rating from Charity Navigator and the Platinum Seal of Transparency
Every March Feeding America (FA) and the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) host the annual National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference (AHPC). This year’s three-day virtual event allowed anti-hunger and nutrition advocates, food banks and elected officials across the country to gather and focus on the goal of ending hunger. The
Let us introduce you to Tina Loyola-Cabral! Tina is the dining-room manager for Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen in Antioch, Contra Costa County. She has been involved with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano for the past three years after graduating from the 2018 Speaker Series. We sat
On the heels of monumental anti-hunger wins in the California State Budget, our Advocacy team hosted its annual August Recess meetings with Congressional representatives from our service areas. Congressman Garamendi and Congressman McGovern (Massachusetts) flew out from DC to visit California, and we are honored that our Fairfield warehouse was
We are honored to have recently been inducted into Feeding America’s 2020 Advocacy Hall of Fame. As stated by Feeding America, the Advocacy Hall of Fame is a year-long contest that challenges Feeding America network members to complete a set of advocacy tasks before the end of the year. Members