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TAKE ACTION: Tell your Senator it’s time to END THE SNAP BAN!

“[Just] because you got busted because of a possession charge or delivery so long ago, that shouldn’t stop you from getting SNAP benefits. Everybody has the right to change their life.” – Vernon It’s past time to End the SNAP Ban in Nebraska and our lawmakers need to hear it!  ✅ LB319, a bill to […]

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LB192 Advanced: Thank you for your advocacy!

Today, ✅ LB192, Senator Quick’s SNAP Eligibility bill, was advanced to select file!  This bill would: Find out how your senator voted here. (Find your senator.) Maintaining Nebraska’s current SNAP eligibility level would cost the state nothing. Continuing this program just makes sense and we need you to make sure your senator knows it. Thank

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TAKE ACTION: Tell your Senator to vote ‘YES” on LB192!

✅ LB192, Senator Quick’s SNAP Eligibility bill, will be debated on general file by Nebraska senators as early as TODAY. We need your help to encourage them to vote YES to move this bill forward! This bill would: Maintaining our SNAP eligibility level would cost the state nothing! Continuing this program just makes sense and

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TAKE ACTION: Harsh SNAP Work Requirements are Bad for Nebraska

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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TAKE ACTION: Show you support for Hunger-Free Schools!

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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Updates

Summer EBT in Nebraska 2024: Who, What, Where, When, Why & How

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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New unpaid meal debt law will make Nebraska kids healthier and less hungry

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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