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📢RALLY in #Sacramento 5/21/25!
💪🏾Strength in COMMUNITY!
🌟Power to our WORKERS!
🍇Abundance for our CHILDREN!
Put on by End Child Poverty CA & @seiuca.bsky.social. 10am start; 11am speakers; legislative visits follow.
Come for solidarity, food, & community.
www.tinyurl.com/JoinTheMayRally
💪🏾Strength in COMMUNITY!
🌟Power to our WORKERS!
🍇Abundance for our CHILDREN!
Put on by End Child Poverty CA & @seiuca.bsky.social. 10am start; 11am speakers; legislative visits follow.
Come for solidarity, food, & community.
www.tinyurl.com/JoinTheMayRally
For those who depend on SNAP, this past week has been nothing short of chaotic. With the Supreme Court stepping in on Friday to pause a lower court’s order, the uncertainty only grew, and for many, that meant one urgent question: How will we get food?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
For those who depend on SNAP, this past week has been nothing short of chaotic. With the Supreme Court stepping in on Friday to pause a lower court’s order, the uncertainty only grew, and for many, that meant one urgent question: How will we get food?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
☔️Rain or shine, we show up! Andrew from ECPCA was at the California State Capitol yesterday as lawmakers assessed the real damage from the federal shutdown. The shutdown is over, but the impact is not.
#CalFresh #EndHunger #ECPCA #FoodJustice #CommunityPower #CaliforniaStrong
#CalFresh #EndHunger #ECPCA #FoodJustice #CommunityPower #CaliforniaStrong
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
☔️Rain or shine, we show up! Andrew from ECPCA was at the California State Capitol yesterday as lawmakers assessed the real damage from the federal shutdown. The shutdown is over, but the impact is not.
#CalFresh #EndHunger #ECPCA #FoodJustice #CommunityPower #CaliforniaStrong
#CalFresh #EndHunger #ECPCA #FoodJustice #CommunityPower #CaliforniaStrong
Yesterday’s Senate Human Services Hearing on H.R. 1 and the shutdown crisis was a powerful reminder of what’s truly at stake.
@jessearreguin.bsky.social said it clearly: “We have to center the families who access #CalFresh. No one should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from.”
@jessearreguin.bsky.social said it clearly: “We have to center the families who access #CalFresh. No one should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from.”
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Yesterday’s Senate Human Services Hearing on H.R. 1 and the shutdown crisis was a powerful reminder of what’s truly at stake.
@jessearreguin.bsky.social said it clearly: “We have to center the families who access #CalFresh. No one should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from.”
@jessearreguin.bsky.social said it clearly: “We have to center the families who access #CalFresh. No one should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from.”
Two incredible California mothers, Zuri Crawford and Abigail Villavicencio shared their stories of striving and thriving through the government shutdown that just ended.
Read more here:
www.aol.com/news/snap-re...
Read more here:
www.aol.com/news/snap-re...
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Two incredible California mothers, Zuri Crawford and Abigail Villavicencio shared their stories of striving and thriving through the government shutdown that just ended.
Read more here:
www.aol.com/news/snap-re...
Read more here:
www.aol.com/news/snap-re...
Families deserve more than patchwork policies.
With parent voice at the center, @liftcommunities’ Radical Imagining agenda lifts up 2 bold priorities:
1️⃣ Cash + Coaching = Economic Mobility
2️⃣ Reimagining the Social Safety Net
Explore →https://bit.ly/4hz4dHb
With parent voice at the center, @liftcommunities’ Radical Imagining agenda lifts up 2 bold priorities:
1️⃣ Cash + Coaching = Economic Mobility
2️⃣ Reimagining the Social Safety Net
Explore →https://bit.ly/4hz4dHb
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Families deserve more than patchwork policies.
With parent voice at the center, @liftcommunities’ Radical Imagining agenda lifts up 2 bold priorities:
1️⃣ Cash + Coaching = Economic Mobility
2️⃣ Reimagining the Social Safety Net
Explore →https://bit.ly/4hz4dHb
With parent voice at the center, @liftcommunities’ Radical Imagining agenda lifts up 2 bold priorities:
1️⃣ Cash + Coaching = Economic Mobility
2️⃣ Reimagining the Social Safety Net
Explore →https://bit.ly/4hz4dHb
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1 in 4 AZ kids relies on SNAP. State's dismal childhood poverty record leading to a perfect storm www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
1 in 4 AZ kids relies on SNAP. State's dismal childhood poverty record leading to a perfect storm
As the federal shutdown drags on, SNAP food benefits recipients remain in limbo. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release contingency funds to pay the benefits, but the president…
www.kjzz.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1 in 4 AZ kids relies on SNAP. State's dismal childhood poverty record leading to a perfect storm www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
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🚨 The Senate bill leaves 24 million people — low-income families, the elderly & children — behind. Now the House is voting.
Tell your Rep to vote NO & to find a solution that reopens the gov while protecting access to health care that many need to survive: www.ncjw.org/act/action/t...
Tell your Rep to vote NO & to find a solution that reopens the gov while protecting access to health care that many need to survive: www.ncjw.org/act/action/t...
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 The Senate bill leaves 24 million people — low-income families, the elderly & children — behind. Now the House is voting.
Tell your Rep to vote NO & to find a solution that reopens the gov while protecting access to health care that many need to survive: www.ncjw.org/act/action/t...
Tell your Rep to vote NO & to find a solution that reopens the gov while protecting access to health care that many need to survive: www.ncjw.org/act/action/t...
📣Safety net programs like #CalFresh & #SchoolMealsForAll build a foundation in childhood that kids can launch from.
💪🏼When we strengthen our safety net programs, we strengthen our communities, & the future of our children.
🧰These are the tools to end child poverty!
💪🏼When we strengthen our safety net programs, we strengthen our communities, & the future of our children.
🧰These are the tools to end child poverty!
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
📣Safety net programs like #CalFresh & #SchoolMealsForAll build a foundation in childhood that kids can launch from.
💪🏼When we strengthen our safety net programs, we strengthen our communities, & the future of our children.
🧰These are the tools to end child poverty!
💪🏼When we strengthen our safety net programs, we strengthen our communities, & the future of our children.
🧰These are the tools to end child poverty!
"The California Department of Education has filed these federal waivers and that would allow schools to use existing school nutrition funds. The workers are ready to do it. All we need is the federal approval."- Keeley O'Brien, Policy Advocate with @westerncenter.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"The California Department of Education has filed these federal waivers and that would allow schools to use existing school nutrition funds. The workers are ready to do it. All we need is the federal approval."- Keeley O'Brien, Policy Advocate with @westerncenter.bsky.social
"The grab & go meals during the COVID-19 pandemic are part of what led to a summer meal participation increase of 123% in July of 2020. This waiver provides an opportunity to put food on the table."
Josh Wright, Director Govt Affairs at @cafoodbanks.org on the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
Josh Wright, Director Govt Affairs at @cafoodbanks.org on the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"The grab & go meals during the COVID-19 pandemic are part of what led to a summer meal participation increase of 123% in July of 2020. This waiver provides an opportunity to put food on the table."
Josh Wright, Director Govt Affairs at @cafoodbanks.org on the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
Josh Wright, Director Govt Affairs at @cafoodbanks.org on the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
"As food service workers we are ready to make sure every child has access to healthy meals, whether school is in session or not."
Leah Roman, school food service worker & member of the Classified School Employees Association, urges @usdagov.bsky.social to grant the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
Leah Roman, school food service worker & member of the Classified School Employees Association, urges @usdagov.bsky.social to grant the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"As food service workers we are ready to make sure every child has access to healthy meals, whether school is in session or not."
Leah Roman, school food service worker & member of the Classified School Employees Association, urges @usdagov.bsky.social to grant the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
Leah Roman, school food service worker & member of the Classified School Employees Association, urges @usdagov.bsky.social to grant the Federal School Nutrition waiver.
Thank you CA Dept. of Ed. for hosting this morning's press conference on the Federal School Nutrition waiver protecting CA kids from hunger.
"When 27% of households w/children face food insecurity, we're calling on the federal govt to act."-State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
"When 27% of households w/children face food insecurity, we're calling on the federal govt to act."-State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Thank you CA Dept. of Ed. for hosting this morning's press conference on the Federal School Nutrition waiver protecting CA kids from hunger.
"When 27% of households w/children face food insecurity, we're calling on the federal govt to act."-State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
"When 27% of households w/children face food insecurity, we're calling on the federal govt to act."-State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
Today, Yesenia Jimenez of ECPCA stood w/ leaders and advocates to call for a federal school nutrition waiver that ensures no child goes hungry during the shutdown.
Hunger steals potential. Together, we can stop it. ✨
#EndChildPoverty #FoodJustice #NourishOurChildren #CaliforniaStrong #CommunityCare
Hunger steals potential. Together, we can stop it. ✨
#EndChildPoverty #FoodJustice #NourishOurChildren #CaliforniaStrong #CommunityCare
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today, Yesenia Jimenez of ECPCA stood w/ leaders and advocates to call for a federal school nutrition waiver that ensures no child goes hungry during the shutdown.
Hunger steals potential. Together, we can stop it. ✨
#EndChildPoverty #FoodJustice #NourishOurChildren #CaliforniaStrong #CommunityCare
Hunger steals potential. Together, we can stop it. ✨
#EndChildPoverty #FoodJustice #NourishOurChildren #CaliforniaStrong #CommunityCare
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The time is now: end the shutdown, fund health care.
Our member, Shana, a small-business employee, testified before the Senate after learning that her family's monthly premiums will go from $460 to $700 per month. #MomSky
Our member, Shana, a small-business employee, testified before the Senate after learning that her family's monthly premiums will go from $460 to $700 per month. #MomSky
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The time is now: end the shutdown, fund health care.
Our member, Shana, a small-business employee, testified before the Senate after learning that her family's monthly premiums will go from $460 to $700 per month. #MomSky
Our member, Shana, a small-business employee, testified before the Senate after learning that her family's monthly premiums will go from $460 to $700 per month. #MomSky
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#WIC is currently open because of emergency funds released earlier this week, but these funds are only temporary. It is long past time for Congress to do it's job and pass a full FY26 spending bill.
✏️ Write to your reps: bit.ly/FUNDWIC26
✏️ Write to your reps: bit.ly/FUNDWIC26
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#WIC is currently open because of emergency funds released earlier this week, but these funds are only temporary. It is long past time for Congress to do it's job and pass a full FY26 spending bill.
✏️ Write to your reps: bit.ly/FUNDWIC26
✏️ Write to your reps: bit.ly/FUNDWIC26
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Our Texas member Ashley speaks at a Democratic Steering & Policy Committee Roundtable to share her story as a mom who relies on SNAP, WIC, & Medicaid to lift her family as this government shutdown harms families like hers! action.momsrising.org/sign/MomsSay... #MomSky
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Our Texas member Ashley speaks at a Democratic Steering & Policy Committee Roundtable to share her story as a mom who relies on SNAP, WIC, & Medicaid to lift her family as this government shutdown harms families like hers! action.momsrising.org/sign/MomsSay... #MomSky
ECPCA's managing director of public policy Andrew Cheyne joins @KALW's "Morning Edition" to discuss election day's impact on the 2026 midterms as voters respond to Trump. They also examine the shutdown's effect on SNAP and other aid.
🎧 Listen below!
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
🎧 Listen below!
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
Key elections held across the country as government shutdown continues
As millions vote in important races across the country, the Trump Administration has announced that it will only partially fund SNAP benefits as the shutdown continues.
www.kalw.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ECPCA's managing director of public policy Andrew Cheyne joins @KALW's "Morning Edition" to discuss election day's impact on the 2026 midterms as voters respond to Trump. They also examine the shutdown's effect on SNAP and other aid.
🎧 Listen below!
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
🎧 Listen below!
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
Joselyn De Jesus Cano, a single mother of a 4-year-old in East Los Angeles, depends on her monthly $546 in CalFresh benefits to afford the ever-rising cost of groceries.
“For me it’s stressful, because kids don’t know what you have or don’t have,” she said.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
“For me it’s stressful, because kids don’t know what you have or don’t have,” she said.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
'I'm terrified': Hunger looms as millions brace for loss of food aid amid shutdown
Officials warn that November SNAP funds will not be issued without a resolution to the government shutdown, and there is no sign of a breakthrough in Congress.
www.latimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Joselyn De Jesus Cano, a single mother of a 4-year-old in East Los Angeles, depends on her monthly $546 in CalFresh benefits to afford the ever-rising cost of groceries.
“For me it’s stressful, because kids don’t know what you have or don’t have,” she said.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
“For me it’s stressful, because kids don’t know what you have or don’t have,” she said.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
“We are past the point at which it is possible to prevent harm,” said Andrew Cheyne, managing director of public policy at ECPCA.
Michaela Thompson relies on federal assistance to afford specialized baby formula.
“It feels like the world is crumbling,” she said.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Michaela Thompson relies on federal assistance to afford specialized baby formula.
“It feels like the world is crumbling,” she said.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
'I'm terrified': Hunger looms as millions brace for loss of food aid amid shutdown
Officials warn that November SNAP funds will not be issued without a resolution to the government shutdown, and there is no sign of a breakthrough in Congress.
www.latimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“We are past the point at which it is possible to prevent harm,” said Andrew Cheyne, managing director of public policy at ECPCA.
Michaela Thompson relies on federal assistance to afford specialized baby formula.
“It feels like the world is crumbling,” she said.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Michaela Thompson relies on federal assistance to afford specialized baby formula.
“It feels like the world is crumbling,” she said.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
The USDA’s refusal to fund November CalFresh benefits threatens food security for 5.5 million Californians. Poverty-and hunger-are policy choices.
Read more from @calbudgetcenter.org here:
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/us...
Read more from @calbudgetcenter.org here:
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/us...
USDA Refusal to Fund November CalFresh Benefits Threatens Food Security for 5.5 Million Californians
The USDA’s refusal to fund November CalFresh benefits threatens food security for 5.5 million Californians.
calbudgetcenter.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The USDA’s refusal to fund November CalFresh benefits threatens food security for 5.5 million Californians. Poverty-and hunger-are policy choices.
Read more from @calbudgetcenter.org here:
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/us...
Read more from @calbudgetcenter.org here:
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/us...
SNAP keeps millions fed and communities stable. The authority to sustain the program exists; what is missing is the will to use it. USDA must act now to prevent hunger and deliver all November SNAP benefits on time. Frac.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
SNAP keeps millions fed and communities stable. The authority to sustain the program exists; what is missing is the will to use it. USDA must act now to prevent hunger and deliver all November SNAP benefits on time. Frac.org
🥕Thank you @natwicassoc.bsky.social for fighting to keep children and families nourished!
📰(THREAD) 44 national organizations have signed on to a letter led organized by the NWA urging the White House to provide an additional $300 million in emergency funds for #WIC.
October 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🥕Thank you @natwicassoc.bsky.social for fighting to keep children and families nourished!
✅ "Shimica Gaskins, President and CEO of End Child Poverty California, urged the USDA to, 'follow the law that SNAP is a federal entitlement, drawing on the contingency fund and any other resources and direct states to issue full November benefits as soon as possible.'”
www.kqed.org/news/1206077...
www.kqed.org/news/1206077...
Will CalFresh Benefits Be Affected by the Government Shutdown? What We Know | KQED
The government shutdown is in its third week, worrying many people using SNAP benefits — called CalFresh in California — that their benefits could change or stop in November. Here's what we know right...
www.kqed.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
✅ "Shimica Gaskins, President and CEO of End Child Poverty California, urged the USDA to, 'follow the law that SNAP is a federal entitlement, drawing on the contingency fund and any other resources and direct states to issue full November benefits as soon as possible.'”
www.kqed.org/news/1206077...
www.kqed.org/news/1206077...
WIC is OPEN! Even during a government shutdown, WIC services and benefits remain available.
Keep your appointments.
Use your WIC card at the store.
Your family’s health and nutrition come first.
Find updates at: myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/Federal...
@calwicassociation.bsky.social
Keep your appointments.
Use your WIC card at the store.
Your family’s health and nutrition come first.
Find updates at: myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/Federal...
@calwicassociation.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
WIC is OPEN! Even during a government shutdown, WIC services and benefits remain available.
Keep your appointments.
Use your WIC card at the store.
Your family’s health and nutrition come first.
Find updates at: myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/Federal...
@calwicassociation.bsky.social
Keep your appointments.
Use your WIC card at the store.
Your family’s health and nutrition come first.
Find updates at: myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/Federal...
@calwicassociation.bsky.social
If you need food now:
To find a food bank, visit cafoodbanks.org/find-food/.
Dial 2-1-1 or visit 211ca.org to connect with local food pantries, meal programs, and other services. Available 24/7 and in multiple languages.
For more info visit: cdss.ca.gov.
To find a food bank, visit cafoodbanks.org/find-food/.
Dial 2-1-1 or visit 211ca.org to connect with local food pantries, meal programs, and other services. Available 24/7 and in multiple languages.
For more info visit: cdss.ca.gov.
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you need food now:
To find a food bank, visit cafoodbanks.org/find-food/.
Dial 2-1-1 or visit 211ca.org to connect with local food pantries, meal programs, and other services. Available 24/7 and in multiple languages.
For more info visit: cdss.ca.gov.
To find a food bank, visit cafoodbanks.org/find-food/.
Dial 2-1-1 or visit 211ca.org to connect with local food pantries, meal programs, and other services. Available 24/7 and in multiple languages.
For more info visit: cdss.ca.gov.