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Monthly Archives: April 2021

Happy Mother’s Day! from Dress for Success Albany and ACAP

04/28/2021

Happy Mother’s Day!
from Dress for Success Albany and ACAP

In honor of the strong women in our lives, Dress for Success Albany is hosting its first every Give Lively Text to Give Fundraiser during Mother’s Day Weekend.

We invite you to make a donation in honor of your moms, favorite aunts, sisters, or a special woman in your life. Please text SUPERMOM2021 to 44321 starting Friday, May 7th. The fundraiser will run through the weekend, so don’t forget to submit your donation by Monday, May 10th.

You may also dedicate your gift to anyone of your choice.

Help Dress for Success Albany raise $2,000 (or more!) to help support the women serve, in-person and virtually.

Dress for Success Albany is a proud partner of Albany Community Action Program.

#dressforsuccess #fundraiser #mothersday #employment #communityactionworks

 

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April 29th, 2021|Categories: External posts|

USDA drops Trump plan to cut food stamps for 700,000 Americans

04/26/2021
USDA drops Trump plan to cut food stamps for 700,000 Americans
By Aimee Picchi

A Trump-era plan to cut food stamps is now off the table after the Biden administration said it is abandoning a previous plan to tighten work requirements for working-age adults without children. Those restrictions were projected to deny federal food assistance benefits to 700,000 adults, a proposal that had had drawn strong condemnation from anti-hunger advocates…

USDA drops Trump plan to cut food stamps for 700,000 Americans

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April 26th, 2021|Categories: External posts|

Is obesity a manifestation of systemic racism? A ten‐point strategy for study and intervention

04/26/2021
Is obesity a manifestation of systemic racism? A ten‐point strategy for study and intervention
From the Journal of Internal Medicine
by D.G. Aaron and F.C. Stanford

In the recent past, there has been rising attention to systemic racism. The ensuing discussions have largely focused on COVID‐19 and policing. Despite long‐standing disparities in obesity across racial and ethnic groups and obesity’s important role in COVID‐19 disparities, there has been minimal attention to whether obesity itself could be a manifestation of systemic racism. Nor has there been serious policy attention dedicated to alleviating obesity and its disproportionate burden on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color). We discuss whether obesity’s disproportionate harms to BIPOC may be attributed to systemic racism, and we provide a ten‐point strategy for studying and solving the core public health issues at the intersection of obesity and systemic racism…

Is obesity a manifestation of systemic racism? A ten‐point strategy for study and intervention

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April 26th, 2021|Categories: External posts|

USDA extends universal free lunch through next school year, bringing relief to millions of food-insecure families

04/26/2021

The USDA announced Tuesday it would extend universal free lunch through the 2021-2022 school year.
Facing a September cutoff, the agency announces it will reimburse schools at a higher rate and expand school nutrition programs to all students…

USDA extends universal free lunch through next school year, bringing relief to millions of food-insecure families

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April 26th, 2021|Categories: External posts|

Panel Discussion on Health Equity

04/20/2021
April 22 Panel Discussion on Health Equity
A webinair organized by the NYC Commission on Human Rights

Stories from the Delivery Room: Health Equity, Pregnancy, and the Maternal Health Care of People of Color

Join the NYC Commission on Human Rights for a dynamic conversation about health equity, pregnancy and maternal health. In collaboration with Advancing Health Equity, Black Women’s Blueprint, and Ancient Song Doula Services.
Featuring three amazing speakers the NYC Commission on Human Rights has had the pleasure of working with on initiatives combatting normalized forms of anti-Black racism: Dr. Uche Blackstock (founder and CEO, Advancing Health Equity), Chanel Portia-Albert (founder, Ancient Song Doula Services), and Sevonna Brown (Co-Executive Director, Black Women’s Blueprint). It’s an amazing panel of speakers to discuss health equity, pregnancy, and maternal health for BIPOC communities.

Sign up: bit.ly/HealthEquity2021.

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April 20th, 2021|Categories: News from HANNYS|

Aid to Help 2.1 Million Children Previously Receiving Free and Reduced-Price School Meals in NYS!

04/17/2021
The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance today announced additional food assistance of more than $880 million to help New Yorkers with children who previously received free and reduced-price meals at school. The Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program will provide eligible households with a total of about $420 per child, with school buildings closed for the remainder of the school year due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

“For many low-income families across the state, free and reduced-price school meals provided a critical stop-gap that allowed them to avoid food insecurity,” Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Commissioner Mike Hein said. “This temporary program will bring them some measure of relief by ensuring that parents have additional help purchasing healthy, nutritious food for their school-aged children during these unprecedented times.”

Roughly 2.1 million children throughout the state were receiving free and reduced-price meals before all school districts were closed starting on March 16. Under Governor Cuomo’s direction, the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) requested that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)provide food benefits to households with children who have temporarily lost access to these meals due to pandemic-related school closures. The federal Families First Act authorized states to apply for federal approval to operate Pandemic EBT programs.

Families will not need to apply for the program. About 1.3 million children living in households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance […]

April 17th, 2021|Categories: News from HANNYS|

DHS Public Charge Rule Update

04/13/2021

The Trump administration’s 2019 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) public charge rule has been removed. DHS issued a final rule that removed the 2019 public charge rule from the Federal Register and reinstated the 1999 DHS Field Guidance.
SNAP and other nutrition programs can NOT be considered in a public charge test under the 1999 Field Guidance.
As we celebrate this victory, we know that much work remains to connect immigrant families to federal nutrition programs, and that we must continue to fight fear with facts.

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April 13th, 2021|Categories: News from HANNYS|

Double Up Food Bucks Request For Applications

04/13/2021
Double Up Food Bucks Request for Applications (RFA) FARMERS MARKETS
Field & Fork Network (F&FN) is seeking applications from New York farmers markets and mobile markets who would like to participate in the 2021 Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) season (July 1, 2021 – October 31, 2021). All applications will be reviewed and considered based on their eligibility requirements (see below) with some preference given to markets that fall within specific geographic areas. Details here .

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April 13th, 2021|Categories: External posts|
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Hunger Action Network’s work would not be possible without the generous support from

The Food Pantries for the Capital District

and Community Food Assistance Network (CFAN)

Capital District Callers, Inc

    

and special thanks to all the individual donors who have supported us over the years!

 

Hunger Action Network of NYS
C/O Food Pantries of the Capital District
32 Essex Street
Albany, NY 12206
518-458-1167 Ext. 3

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