Governor Phil Murphy, fulfilling a promise to families in New Jersey, signed the Working-Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act (A2368/S1677) into law, a bill that would increase income eligibility for free school…
Earlier this month, Lisa Pitz, the director of Hunger Free New Jersey, sat down with experts from across the Garden State to discuss hunger and food insecurity in New Jersey…
Last week, Governor Phil Murphy named Mark Dinglasan as the director of the Office of the Food Security Advocate. This critical office will create campaigns to increase enrollment in food…
Today, Congress approved a bipartisan extension to provide free summer meals and keep kids fed. This bill will extend flexibilities for summer meals in 2022 by extending waivers related to…
The 11-bill package increases eligibility for free school meals and improves access to SNAP Last week, a ten-bill legislative package aimed at reducing hunger passed the New Jersey General Assembly,…
Astrea Slezak, NJ Spotlight As pandemic mandates end, many of the programs put in place the past two years to help feed children in New Jersey are slated to end,…
By Geri Henchy, FRAC’s Director of Nutrition Policy and Early Childhood Programs and Katie Jacobs, FRAC’s Early Childhood Nutrition Programs and Food Systems Associate At the height of the pandemic,…
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board this week approved the creation of the Food Security Planning Grant Program, which will provide up to $1.5 million in grant funding…
On Wednesday, April 13, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) extended the COVID-19 public health emergency, helping millions of households to more easily access federal nutrition programs, including…
Please join us for the first meeting of the Hunger Free Campus Network. We will be focusing on addressing student food insecurity at New Jersey colleges and universities. We will…
