Listen in to the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition’s SNAP Hearing!
On Wednesday, April 19, the Senate Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition will be hosting a hearing on SNAP and other nutritional assistance in the Farm Bill.
On Wednesday, April 19, the Senate Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition will be hosting a hearing on SNAP and other nutritional assistance in the Farm Bill.
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…
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.…
Last month, the Biden/Harris administration hosted the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the first of it's kind in 50 years. The 1969 conference was a transformative event,…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…