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2021-05-03 09:02:32
Did you know that SNAP benefits don’t cover the cost of personal care, personal hygiene, or feminine hygiene items? The Care Necessities is a campaign to increase access to personal care and hygiene products for low-income New Yorkers and we need your help! Our friends at Bank of America have committed $25,000 in funding and are challenging the community to raise an additional $25,000 throughout the month of May to double the impact. You can make a monetary donation, donate hygiene items, or host a hygiene drive! Learn more here: https://regionalfoodbank.net/thecarenecessities/

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May 5, 2021
New York State Monthly Harvest Newsletter is here!
In this issue:
Statewide News
Taste NY Updates
NYS Grown & Certified Updates
Funding Opportunities
Spotlight: New York’s Beef Producers

We wish a very happy Mother’s Day to all the moms across New York!
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April 28, 2021

2021-04-26 01:00:11
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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2021-04-26 01:02:03

Biden administration to end USDA food box program | The Counter

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2021-04-26 01:06:33

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

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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, […]

04/02/2021

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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04/02/2021
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. The link is in the comments .

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