WASHINGTON (AP) The Department of Agriculture is sending $1 billion to the country’s food bank networks, seeking to expand the reach of the system and revamp the way food banks acquire and distribute aid. The funding, announced Friday, comes half from the American Rescue Plan COVID stimulus bill and half from standard congressional appropriations. […]
The Bronx and its vibrant, diverse communities have made countless contributions to the cultural and economic fabric of New York City. Yet as a result of decades of underinvestment in the borough, it has experienced some of the worst economic and health ramifications from the pandemic. In order to come out of the COVID crisis stronger, the Bronx will require investments from the city in both the short and long term in three key areas housing, employment and food justice. We hope to see the current and next city administration make a commitment to the people of the Bronx.
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Coronavirus NYC Neighborhood Food Resource Guides
March 19, 2020
COVID-19 significantly impacted the food system in New York City. To help connect community members in need with food resources during the pandemic, the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center created Coronavirus NYC Neighborhood Food Resource Guides for each NYC neighborhood. The neighborhoods are divided by the 59 NYC Department of City Planning’s Community District Profiles. The neighborhood lines and zip codes used for these reports are based on the districts used in the 2018 Community Health Profiles, which contain over fifty measures and statistics of neighborhood health.
Each resource guide includes information related to food access within the community, such as the location and hours of food pantries, meals for students and seniors during this time, delivery services for people with disabilities, and resources for immigrants. The Center partnered with local organizations like Share Meals, Hunger Free America
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Jahana Hayes (CT-05)
College students became eligible for expanded SNAP benefits temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill would make that expansion permanent and provide other supports for students’ basic needs.
Washington, D.C. – Today, United States Representatives Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), Al Lawson (D-Fla.), and Norma Torres (D-Calif.) and United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the
Student Food Security Act of 2021, bicameral legislation to address food insecurity on college campuses by enabling more low-income college students to access the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and pushing the federal government, states, and colleges and universities to take a more proactive role in addressing student food insecurity. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick D