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RELEASE: Advocates Call for End to Harmful Lifetime SNAP Bans

Economic Justice, Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 02/10/2024

***For Immediate Release***Friday, February 9, 2024 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: (402) 438-8853 ext 116sierrasp@neappleseed.org RELEASE: Advocates Call for End to Harmful Lifetime SNAP Ban2024 legislation at the state and federal level could end the harm caused by Nebraska’s lifetime ban on food assistance for those with certain past drug convictions. OMAHA, NE […]

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Appleseed Food Bills we’re Watching in 2024

Economic Justice, Legislative Updates / By Megan Hamann / 02/08/2024

Each year, our Food and Nutrition Access team shows up at the Nebraska Legislature to advocate for bills that expand food access for some of the Nebraskans who need it most. With so many bills flying around this session, here are some of the bills we’re most excited about when it comes to keeping food

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2024 Nebraska Appleseed Legislative Priorities

Child Welfare, Economic Justice, Health Care, Immigrants & Communities, Legislative Updates, Race Equity, Voting & Elections / By Katie Pitts / 01/27/2024

The Nebraska Legislature introduced almost 600 new bills and proposed constitutional amendments this session and we’re ready to fight for justice and opportunity at the Capitol! Nebraska Appleseed Priority Bills Here are some of the legislative priorities that Appleseed is supporting during the 2024 session. ⤵️ Supporting young people navigating the child welfare system Expanding

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TAKE ACTION: Help Protect Renters from Eviction!

Economic Justice / By Elizabeth Engman / 01/26/2024

We want to see Nebraskan families thrive and for our kids to get a great education. Children, caretakers, and school staff need and deserve stable housing to flourish. School can be challenging for many kids as it is, and it is made even more difficult without stable housing. Eviction leads to poor school performance and

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Speak Out in Support of Legislation to Require Summer EBT in Nebraska!

Economic Justice / By Megan Hamann / 01/24/2024

We believe that all children should have the food they need to thrive and that Nebraska should make use of every tool available to make this happen. Summer EBT is a program that can do just that! It’s a new, permanent program that would provide 150,000 children participating in free or reduced price school meals

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At the Capitol: Floor debate and hearings have started!

Child Welfare, Economic Justice, Legislative Updates / By Katie Pitts / 01/23/2024

Hearings and floor debate began this week. Floor debate will take place in the mornings and hearings will be held in the afternoon.

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Let’s end source of income discrimination!

Economic Justice / By Elizabeth Engman / 01/13/2024

Everyone deserves a place to call home. As we wrapped up 2023, the Coalition for Source of Income Protections in Housing closed out the year by delivering over 520 signatures to the Lincoln City Council calling on our city to put protections in place so that renters can’t be discriminated against based on their source

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Congress can bring back the expanded Child Tax Credit – tell them to act now!

Economic Justice / By Diane Amdor / 01/12/2024

Remember back in 2021 when everyone in the US with kids got an extra few hundred dollars per month in their bank accounts? And then research showed that the expanded federal Child Tax Credit cut child poverty by 46%? We thought that was pretty great! But since the end of the expanded Child Tax Credit,

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RELEASE: Nebraska workers receive another wage increase because of Initiative 433

Economic Justice, Press Release / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 01/02/2024

***For Immediate Release***January 2, 2024 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: 402-438-8853 x116sierrasp@neappleseed.org Nebraska workers receive another wage increase because of Initiative 433 The increase to $12.00/hour is the second in a series of raises LINCOLN, NE — Yesterday, Nebraska increased its minimum wage for workers across the state to $12.00/hour. This was the

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RELEASE: Nebraska Appleseed submits 6,144 signatures to Gov. Pillen in support of summer grocery benefits program

Economic Justice / By Sierra Salgado Pirigyi / 12/29/2023

***For Immediate Release***December 29, 2023 Contact: Sierra Salgado PirigyiCommunications Director, Nebraska AppleseedOffice: (402) 438-8853 ext 116sierrasp@neappleseed.org Nebraska Appleseed submits 6,144 signatures to Gov. Pillen in support of summer grocery benefits program LINCOLN, NE – Today, Nebraska Appleseed delivered a petition to Governor Pillen with 6,144 signatures from 230 Nebraska communities who want our state to

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