Monthly Archives: May 2020

05/31/2020
In late April, Emergency Food Providers( EFP) were surveyed and just under thirty percent (30 %) reported that they finding it hard to stock certain items during this pandemic. As this pandemic continues many EFPs have reported that they are finding it very hard to stock certain items like pasta , vegetables , and frozen protein. Please contact your local EFP to see what they need. Cash donations are often preferred, this way EFP can purchase what is needed at the time of the need. Please check a head to find out what your local EFP needs.

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05/29/2020
Frequently Asked Questions for the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Food Benefits

Answers to many commonly asked questions about the P-EBT food benefits for New York State residents:

What are P-EBT food benefits?

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 authorized the payment of P-EBT food benefits to households with children who would have received free or reduced-price school meals under the National School Lunch Act, if not for a school closure. These temporary food benefits are to help cover the cost of meals children would otherwise would have received at school.

Do my child/children qualify for P-EBT food benefits?

If your child/children receive free or reduced-price school lunches, then they are eligible to receive P-EBT food benefits for the days their school was closed due to COVID-19. This includes all children attending Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) schools where all children receive free or reduced-price school lunches.

Do my foster child/children qualify for P-EBT food benefits if they were receiving free and/or reduced-price meals?

All children receiving free or reduced-price school lunches are eligible to receive P-EBT food benefits for the days their school was closed due to COVID-19.

Do my preschool age child/children qualify for P-EBT food benefits if they were receiving free and/or reduced-price meals?

Children ages 3 and 4, who attend pre-kindergarten and who receive free or reduced-price lunch are also eligible to receive P-EBT benefits. More information about when and how to access their P-EBT food […]

05/25/020

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05/24/2020
With many Emergency Food Providers ( EFP) seeing such a large increase of new consumers during the COVID 19 Pandemic, fifty (50 %) of the 211 survey across NYS said they didn’t know if they would have enough food to keep up with the high demand. EFPs can use your support. You can donate food, your time and or money. If you are looking for an EFP by you, in box us. We would be happy to help find the EFP in your community.

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05/23/2020
When Hunger Action Network of NYS asked over 200 Emergency Food Providers (EFP) across NYS if they were able to provide social distancing, while providing food during COVID 19 Pandemic 99% said yes. It is great that so many EFP can provide a safe environment where people can get the food they need to put on their table! Thanks to the many Emergency Food Providers across New York State that have been open from the beginning and throughout this pandemic.

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05/22/2020
Hunger Action Network of NYS recently surveyed over 200 Emergency Food Providers ( EFP) across NYS during April . Over the next few days we are going to report on results of the survey . Over 97 % of the EFP that responded to the survey have remained open during the COVID 19 Pandemic. New York Strong !! Thank you, Emergency Food Providers for making a difference.

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05/15/2020

Reflections of a Truth Commissioner in New York State

Suzanne Flierl Krull

Suzanne Flierl Krull is Executive Director of Cuba Cultural Center, Inc.  She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Hunger Action Network of New York State, and is a member of the Coordinating Committee of the NYS Poor People’s Campaign:  A National Call for Moral Revival.

Policy is created and established by powerful individuals based upon the opinions they have on a particular issue.  Policy makers may have gathered some of this content themselves, or they may surround themselves with people who provide them with the information upon which these important, life-affecting decisions are made.  Often, however, these “content experts” have no personal experience with the issue which they are addressing.

That type of information does not provide enough of the story to make truly informed decisions.  There is another group of experts who have powerful, important knowledge, but who are often ignored during the policy-making process.  These are the true experts, those with lived experience.  They are the people who are impacted on a daily basis by the policies that others make without any consideration of their contextual expertise, and with total disregard of the valuable contributions they can make to discussions about the very policies that rule their daily lives.

In May of 1967, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called for a movement of the poor and dispossessed to […]