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mRelief Enlists Food Banks to Help Unlock SNAP Benefits
Technology nonprofit mRelief has already helped people access nearly $1 billion in SNAP benefits since its inception, and now it is looking to food banks nationwide to help it unlock even more funds....
View ArticleUSDA Invests to Boost Access to Nutritious Food
Food banks and pantries can look forward to increased opportunities to create more resilient, food-secure communities, thanks to comprehensive funding recently announced by the USDA that promises to...
View ArticleTangelo, Hunger Free America Partner on SNAP Benefits
Struggle often breeds innovation, a concept that Jeremy Cooley, CEO of Tangelo, an online e-commerce platform, understands. Cooley made it his mission to highlight the importance of nutritious food...
View ArticleFood Box Program a Small Fraction of Record-Setting USDA Spending
During the pandemic, the federal Farmers to Families Food Box program loomed large for hunger relief organizations as instrumental in getting food to people who needed it. In the overall scheme of...
View ArticleIndex Tracks Food Insecurity at the Hyper-Local Level
Food banks are well aware that the extra SNAP benefits given out during the pandemic have now expired in every state. But they may not be aware of a tool that can help them more accurately predict the...
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Study Gives USDA Food Programs the Green Light
When it comes to nutritional quality, a recent study has given the green light to the majority of foods in three USDA food programs at the heart of the charitable food system. The study assessed food...
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How to Make TEFAP Stronger
The Capital Area Food Bank is one of only six food banks in the Feeding America network to serve three states, giving it a front-row seat into the multitude of ways the federal TEFAP program is...
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2H Heartland Unearths SNAP Myths Among Latinos
When Second Harvest Heartland of Minn. sponsored a study to better understand SNAP usage among Latinos, it was not much of a surprise to discover that the community had numerous misconceptions about...
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How Food Banks Can Boost Summer Meals
The USDA is hoping food banks will help it advance new methods of distributing summer meals to kids. A new ruling, made permanent when President Biden signed the huge omnibus spending bill at the end...
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WIC Says “Hello”
In 2020, roughly six million women, infants, and children eligible for WIC were not participating in the program. Now, the WIC Community Innovation and Outreach Project (WIC CIAO) is looking for...
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