School Meals for All New Jersey marked this year’s National School Lunch Week with legislator visits to schools across the state, observing lunches and learning about the impact of free…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTsmPFCk48&t=33s Hunger Free NJ joined NJ Association of School Business Officials and NJ School Nutrition Association in the Assembly to accept a Ceremonial Resolution for our work on the Summer…
Hunger Free New Jersey was honored to join the NJ School Nutrition Association and the NJ Association of School Business Officials on Thursday to accept a Ceremonial Resolution presented by…
Earlier this week the United States Department of Agriculture published their latest Household Food Security report. The report reveals that 47.4 million people lived in households experiencing food insecurity last…
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 Budget last month, including an…
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.
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 the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
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 summer when school is not…
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 law expands eligibility to families…
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 Jason Smith takes an important…
