Food Security Efforts in the 2025 Budget
July 8, 2024
This budget cycle, Governor Murphy, Senate President Scutari, and Speaker Coughlin addressed food insecurity in a big way. Governor Murphy signed the $56.7 billion FY2025
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NJFSI Awards Grant to HFNJ to Advance Health Equity
May 30, 2024
The New Jersey Food Security Initiative (NJFSI), a collaboration of community organizations and local and state agencies led by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, today announced it has awarded a $198,612 grant to Hunger Free New Jersey (HFNJ) to bolster food security and improve nutrition to advance health equity across the state.
Chair Thompson’s Plan Would Cut SNAP Benefits and Ignore Scientific Evidence in Thrifty Food Plan Updates
April 22, 2024
House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson is expected to unveil his farm bill proposal within the next few weeks, including his proposals for reauthorizing
Summer EBT Outreach Materials
April 22, 2024
In summer 2024, New Jersey will launch Summer EBT, a new-to-NJ child nutrition program intended to reduce hunger and food insecurity for children during the
No New Jersey student should go hungry during the school day. We need free school meals
March 14, 2024
Thanks to a law passed last month, 60,000 more students will have access to free breakfast and lunch at school next school year. The new
About 323,000 New Jersey Children in Low-Income Families Would Gain in First Year of Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion
January 30, 2024
The bipartisan Child Tax Credit expansion in the tax bill negotiated by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden and House Ways and Means Committee Chair
Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Expanding Access to School Meals for New Jersey Students
January 16, 2024
Trenton – Advancing efforts to eliminate food insecurity among New Jersey’s young learners, Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation expanding eligibility criteria under the Working
School Meals Expansion Bill Passes the New Jersey Senate
January 9, 2024
The New Jersey Senate voted in favor of legislation that expands access to free school breakfast and lunch to more students in the Garden State.
New Resource for College Students
December 5, 2023
There’s a new resource out there for NJ college students who may need assistance with food, housing, transportation, and other matters. BasicNeeds.NJ.gov is the new
The 2024 Good Food Bucks Application for Farmers and Markets is Now Open!
December 1, 2023
All farm and market partners in 2024 will receive grants up to $10,000 in Good Food Bucks!
