Last month, Governor Murphy began the Fiscal Year 2024 budget process with his Budget Address. The governor’s budget message kicks off a legislative review process that will include a series…
The $95 state SNAP minimum legislation now heads to the Governor's desk TRENTON, N.J. - Today the State Senate voted in favor of A5086/S3491, legislation that would increase the minimum monthly…
Last week, the Assembly Human Services Committee voted to increase the minimum monthly benefit under the State SNAP Minimum Benefits Program from $50 to $95 and authorizes DHS to increase…
Emergency Allotments have been provided to all eligible SNAP households monthly since March 2020. Starting in March 2023, you will only receive your regular monthly benefit amount. Emergency Allotments are…
Earlier this week Governor Phil Murphy, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, and members of the Murphy Administration, joined together to highlight the ongoing efforts in New Jersey to address food insecurity.…
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…
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,…
