Governor Releases His Revised May Budget!  Click here for our nutritional analysis of the Governor's May Revise.

  Congress passes the Farm Bill!  But, the President is threatening a veto.  Click here for more info.

How does rising food prices effect low-income Californians nutritional needs?  Click here for more info.  Click here for an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee by CFPA's Director of Legislation.

Please take CFPA's Child Nutrition Reauthorization Survey!  We recently put out this survey to begin strategizing around the renewal of the federal food programs relating to child nutrition - including school meals, child care meals, summer food, afterschool snacks, and WIC.  Also, check out the new tab on the left-hand side of the page for Child Nutrition Reauthorization 2009.  We'll be updating this page in the coming months.

School Nutrition Bills Pass out of Assembly Education Committee!  Bills on using Medi-Cal to directly certify kids for school meals, expanding school breakfast, and improving access to water in schools all passed through the Assembly Education Committee.  Click here for more info as well as next steps you can take to help these bills move forward.

County Nutrition Profiles:  CFPA has updated our county profiles with the most recent data available on poverty, hunger, food insecurity, and other nutrition-related figures as well as participation data for the federal food programs for each county.  Click here to learn more about your county.

New Report on County Food Stamp Program Administration:  CFPA recently published a study analyzing how counties administer the Food Stamp Program.  Click here to read this report.

Governor Releases Budget Proposal:  Click here for our nutritional analysis of the Governor's Budget.

The 9th Annual Food Stamp Forum took place on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at the Crest Theater in downtown Sacramento.

For a link to program materials, presentations, and more click here.

If you attended the Forum and would like to fill out an evaluation, click here.

Millions of Californians live in households with an adult who struggles to put food on the table.  A new report by CFPA, Shared Tables, Shared Struggles, examines how food insecurity and hunger impacts the entire household.  Click here for a press page with a copy of the report, county specific data and press releases, and other useful links.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but many children in California are not realizing its benefits.  CFPA's new report, Running on Empty: A Report on the School Breakfast Program in California, finds that 50 of California's 58 counties have school breakfast participation rates at or below the national average and that over 500 schools with significant low-income populations fail to even provide breakfast.  The report highlights a number of policy recommendations to remedy these problems. 

Click here for a press page on this report, including county specific press releases you can use to get the word out in your community.

The state legislative session has wrapped up for 2007 - what progress (or lack thereof) has been made on nutrition issues?  Bills on food stamps, menu labeling in chain restaurants, and school meal programs were all put forth by the Legislature.  However, the Governor needs to sign these into law.  For action steps on contacting the Governor and a full update on recent activities in Sacramento as well as Farm Bill related news, click here for our alert.

2.5 Million California adults struggle to put food on the table.  Click here for the latest food insecurity and hunger data from the California Health Interview Survey from UCLA.  This report also finds many of those experiencing food insecurity are not getting food stamps.  Action is needed to improve the food stamp program so please participate in the national call-in day.

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