The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York

Friends, colleagues and partners joined together for the 32nd Annual People’s State of the State

01/11/2024

Yesterday, The Food Pantries for the Capital District joined friends, colleagues and partners for the 32nd Annual People’s State of the State organized by The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York. It was a great day of advocacy work in support of Emergency Food Relief Programs (Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens)!

With increased service levels across NY, a recent NYS Dept of Health report confirming that 1 in 4 NY adults are food insecure, and stagnant State funding for essential programs Nourish NY and HPNAP, our state government must do more! Scroll through for pics from the day and an overview of the budget recommendations we are calling for!





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January 11th, 2024|Categories: External posts, News from HANNYS, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|

Representatives from Commission on Economic Opportunity attended the People’s State of the State yesterday

01/11/2024

Representatives from CEO attended the People’s State of the State yesterday and as part of the The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York are urging Governor Hochul to fund both HPNAP & Nourish NY programs at $75 million for New York State Fiscal Year 2025.

“Food Pantries are simply not able to keep food on the shelves at current HPNAP funding levels. It is as simple as that. Our pantry in Mechanicville now services as many families in a week as we previously used to see in a month – with less donations and funding.”
Megan Quillinan, Mechanicville Area Community Services Center, Executive Director, Saratoga County

“The Capital District Area Labor Federation and all of our unions, union members and their families are urging the New York State Government to fund our food pantries. The need is greater than ever. Many of our members and retirees are using food pantries regularly because they can not afford housing, medical, transportation and food.”
Mark Emanatian, Executive Director, Capital District Area Labor Federation

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January 11th, 2024|Categories: External posts, News from HANNYS, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|

Join us for the People’s State of the State tomorrow!

01/09/2024

Tomorrow we march to ask the state to increase funding for HPNAP and Nourish NY – while also ensuring direct contracts are available to all types of Emergency Food Relief Programs (EFRPs).

Join us for the People’s State of the State




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January 9th, 2024|Categories: Events, External posts, News from HANNYS, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|

Cancelled: January Collaborative Anti-Hunger Advocacy Committee Meeting

01/09/2024

Due to the State of the State Address today as well as the People’s State of the State tomorrow, we have decided to cancel this month’s Collaborative Anti-Hunger Advocacy Committee Meeting.

In the meantime, if you have any upcoming events or resources that you would like to share out for February, please let us know.

 

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January 9th, 2024|Categories: External posts, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|

Join us in calling on NYS to take action on hunger at the 32nd Annual People’s State of the State

01/05/2024

32nd Annual People’s State of the State

January 10th at 10:00 a.m.

RSVP to attend here




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January 5th, 2024|Categories: Events, External posts, News from HANNYS, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|

Join The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York, this Thursday to learn more NYS Food as Medicine Coalition and other updates

12/12/2023

Join The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York, this Thursday to learn more NYS Food as Medicine Coalition and other updates regarding Food Policy in NYS. Register for the meeting here: https://abhealth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pfuCprj0vGNO4ii0HDOI8EyD_WOiWixsD

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December 12th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, News from HANNYS, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|

Next Meeting: Collaborative Anti-Hunger Advocacy Committee Meeting – 12/14

12/08/2023

The meeting will be December 14th at 4:00-5:00 p.m. on Zoom

If you registered for the last meeting, you’re registered for this one as well, but if you haven’t already registered – please do so here.

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During the next meeting, we will be hearing from Amelia Gelnett from the NYS Food as Medicine Coalition. Amelia will be sharing out about the recommendations that the group drafted for the Medicaid 1115 waiver and what is next for the NYS Food as Medicine Coalition: https://thefoodpantries.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FINAL_FOOD-AS-MEDICINE-combined.pdf .

Then we will open the floor to hear more from everyone about events, updates on policy, and how to get involved. Some upcoming events that we know of now are:

• The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York’s People’s State of the State – January 10th at 11:00 a.m. RSVP Here

• Double Up Food Bucks NY Advocate Training on Thursday, January 11th, 2024

• Double Up Food Bucks NY Day of Action – Tuesday, February 13th, 2024

In addition to Amelia’s work with the NYS Food as Medicine Coalition, she also is working with The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York and The Food Pantries of the Capital District. Please know that she will be helping to coordinate this next meeting.

Please share the agenda and invitation with your networks and invite any who would like to attend.

December 8th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, News from HANNYS, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|

2024 NYS Food Summit call for speakers

11/29/2023

The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York is looking for speakers to share their expertise at the 2024 NYS Food Summit. If you or anyone you know is interested in speaking, please submit this interest at : https://form.jotform.com/232685201318048


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November 29th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, News from HANNYS, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|

Albany County, Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York and United Way of the Greater Capital Region announce partnership

11/14/2023
Albany County, Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York and United Way of the Greater Capital Region announce first-of-its-kind partnership to close County’s meal gap

We were thrilled to join our partners Monday morning at the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, where Albany County Executive Dan McCoy and County Legislator Wanda Willingham announced groundbreaking support for nonprofits working to advance nutrition security in the Capital Region. Next year’s Albany County budget will include $175,000 for the Food Bank and an additional $75,000 for United Way of the Greater Capital Region.

We are grateful for the support and leadership of County Executive McCoy and Legislator Willingham as we all work together to end nutrition insecurity in our local communities. In 2023 alone, the Food Bank and its 58 partner agencies will serve 3.7 million meals to Albany County families and individuals in-need.

While this $250,000 investment will allow for an additional 400,000 meals to be served next year, there is currently a meal gap of 1.4 million meals in Albany County.

Help us achieve our goal of eliminating nutrition insecurity the Greater Capital Region by supporting United Way and our partners today. Your donation will help us continue and expand our efforts to invest in partners that are reframing the conversation around nutrition insecurity and developing new approaches to meet the needs of the families and […]

November 14th, 2023|Categories: External posts, News from HANNYS, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|

The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York tour One Church Street

11/13/2023

We had visitors from the The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York tour OCS today as we also learned more about their organization. Peyton Yourch and Amelia Gelnett, along with OCS Steering Committee member Nancy Brown, are boots-on-the ground advocates who are passionate about collaboration and who are dedicated to combatting food injustice and promoting Food as Medicine–kindred spirits!!! (Cool pic, right??)

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November 13th, 2023|Categories: External posts, News from HANNYS, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|

Reminder & Agenda: Collaborative Anti-Hunger Advocacy Committee Meeting Next Thursday

11/03/2023

Hello Collaborative Anti-Hunger Advocacy Committee Participants,

Our next meeting is Thursday, November 9th from 4-5 p.m. Register for the Zoom meeting here, if you haven’t already. (Add the meeting to your calendar with the Zoom confirmation email).

The Collaborative Anti-Hunger Advocacy Committee, hosted by The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York, is a forum for anti-hunger advocates to share, learn, and amplify each other’s current efforts.

The agenda for the next meeting:
• Presentations:
Understanding the NYS Budget (Timeline and Key Points), Guest Speaker: Ron Deutsch, Consultant, Formerly of New Yorker for Fiscal Fairness, and the Fiscal Policy Institute

• Share outs:
The current landscape, existing advocacy efforts, areas for strategic collaboration; including updates on Food as Medicine State Project Recommendations, HPNAP/Nourish NY Recommendations, WIC Advocacy, and Double Up Food Bucks Task Force.

Please share this invitation with your networks. If you have any questions or agenda additions, please reach out.

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November 3rd, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York|
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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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