Everyone should have access to the food they need. But ❌ LB656 would make Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) less effective and cut people off of food benefits. Introduced by Senator Bob Andersen, LB656 would do two things: Both policies would cut Nebraskans off from food benefits and increase hunger. This Thursday, February 27 […]
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Every child deserves access to nutritious meals at school – regardless of their family’s income. ✅ LB14, the Hunger-Free Schools Act, would offer no-cost meals to ALL of Nebraska’s school children. By making breakfast and lunch free for all students, we can eliminate stigma, improve learning outcomes, and support families struggling with rising costs. We
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Hunger is a policy decision, and we need to make sure policymakers know their votes either add to or take away hunger in our communities. This year, the Nebraska Legislature will be taking up over 700 bills that will impact the lives of Nebraskans. We wanted to share the food access bills that Nebraska Appleseed
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Exactly one year ago today, Nebraska Appleseed launched a petition to convince Governor Pillen to reverse his decision on Summer EBT and accept the $18M in food benefits for Nebraska kids that came with it. Nine days later, we submitted 6,145 names and comments urging him to do the right thing! It’s now one year
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Child Nutrition Champions, We want to hear about your experiences with Summer EBT! Will you take 5 minutes to complete our Summer EBT participant survey? It seems like only yesterday, Nebraskans from all over the state were advocating for Nebraska’s governor to participate in Summer EBT, a new program that provides $120 in benefits to
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An example of a Nebraska Summer EBT card. Questions about this summer’s brand new, hard won, Nebraska Summer EBT program are coming up more and more so we want to do our part to make sure people understand it! Find resources below to dig in: Nebraska Appleseed and the Nebraska Department of Education hosted an
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Kids and families across Nebraska have one fewer worry today as a new law that requires school districts to more responsibly collect unpaid meal debt takes effect. Passed as part of LB1329, the new law bans districts from using debt collections agencies to collect school unpaid meal debt. The law goes into effect on July
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Kids across Nebraska have great opportunities to find healthy, nutritious meals this summer through our state’s summer nutrition programs! Families can make use of any single option or utilize all three! Find descriptions of these classic, recent, and brand new child nutrition opportunities and help spread the word in your networks with the included resources:
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The Farm Bill is back at the top of Congress’s priority list and that means our nation’s most effective anti-hunger tool, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (or SNAP) is being debated. In the first week of May, both House and Senate Agriculture Committees released more details on their Farm Bill proposals, which differ on their
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It took thousands of advocates to push the State of Nebraska to accept Summer EBT for summer 2024. Now, that work is coming to fruition as Nebraska begins to roll out program details and outreach efforts for around 175,000 kids in 80,000 households (based on new state estimates)! The state issued a press release today
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