Sentences with phrase «emergency food assistance»

Also included will be $ 1.8 million to expand the city's Emergency Food Assistance Program, $ 1.14 million to fund 80 new crossing guards, and $ 6.6 million for 50 new physical education teachers at city schools, the news release said.

The total request for emergency food assistance increased 3.3 percent in Chicago when data for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, are compared with the previous fiscal year, according to the survey, released in December.

Approximately 160,000 different people in NC receive emergency food assistance in any given week.

A new national study shows that Latinos are less likely than other ethnic groups to seek emergency food assistance, and Chicago area food depositories say the main reason is fear.

On average, 23 percent of requests for emergency food assistance nationwide are thought to have gone unmet last year, according to a survey by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Sodexho Inc., a food - and facilities - management company.

Through Emergency Food Assistance, Hunger Relief, Nutritional Education, Income Support and a wide range of outreach services, the organization supports children, seniors, expecting mothers and other needy groups from dozens of city communities - going way beyond their need for food support.

Services include Emergency Food Assistance and Hunger Relief, Nutritional Education, Income Support and a wide range of outreach services directed at children, seniors, expecting mothers and other needy groups from dozens of city communities.

The need for accountability was brought home in December with the allegation that at least two dozen state employees had fraudulently obtained emergency food assistance earmarked for lower - income people who suffered losses in Tropical Storm Irene.

We will be collecting healthy non-perishable food items for the Food Bridge Program at Our Daily Bread, which provides short - term emergency food assistance to Fairfax County area residents who are in crisis.

More than 10 million people need emergency food assistance, she told the Observer.

The doubling of world wheat, rice, and corn prices has sharply reduced the availability of food aid, putting the 37 countries that depend on the WFP's emergency food assistance at risk.

He personally responds to requests for help by providing financial counseling and addressing individual needs, whether it's providing emergency food assistance, transportation or child care so a person can hold a job, or paying overdue rent to prevent eviction.

A Cabinet Office spokesman said: «This report is a serious contribution to an important debate, and recognises that the reasons behind demands for emergency food assistance are complex and frequently overlapping.

As the Congressional Super Committee continues to deliberate and move closer to its November 23 deadline, it is critical that our elected officials remember to protect programs such as The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Includes information on how Congress should maintain its historically bipartisan commitment to these nutrition safety net programs: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Child Nutrition Appropriations, Senior Nutrition Programs, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), Congressional Hunger Center.

Includes information on Congressional action needed for: SNAP / Food Stamps, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), Support Policies to Enable Easier Food Donation, Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).

Also at 10:30 a.m., the Food Bank for New York City releases a needs assessment report against looming threats to federal anti-hunger resources and a $ 4.9 million cut to the Emergency Food Assistance Program in the mayor's budget, Marriott Marquis Hotel, sixth floor, 1535 Broadway, Manhattan.

The budget agreement also increases funding for the city's district attorneys by $ 22 million, and emergency food assistance — another negotiating point — by $ 5 million.

Her State of the City will also call for free birth control for all women in the five boroughs, universal free school lunch, $ 22 million for the Emergency Food Assistance program and new diversity and sex education programs in public schools.

Also at 1 p.m., Council members Steve Levin and Barry Grodenchik and Food Bank For New York City representatives call for an increased funding for the emergency food assistance program, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Council members have publicly called on the mayor to increase funding for a variety of initiatives and programs including summer jobs for youth, emergency food assistance, cultural institutions, human services nonprofits, seniors, and the offices of the five district attorneys.

The budget agreement also includes an additional $ 22 million in funding for the city's district attorneys; $ 21 million a year in baselined funding to continue six day service at libraries; $ 1.8 million of baselined funding for senior citizen case management; and $ 5 million for the Emergency Food Assistance Program.

Emergency Food Assistance The executive budget includes $ 8.2 million for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP), but 48 Council members signed a letter calling on the mayor to increase this to $ 22 million and baseline it in the budget.

A public school where we have the flexibility to do what works for each child, where health and social service providers, mentors, and a host of others, deliver services — such as immunizations and emergency food assistance — that are accessible to students and the entire community.

Also assist with obtaining Housing, Rental Assistance, Emergency Food Assistance, and Clothing Furniture along with Crisis Intervention when needed.