Sentences with phrase «food assistance programs»

We help animals and people through our spay / neuter services, by finding loving homes for animals, and through our supplemental pet food assistance program for low - income families.

In food insecure households, federal food assistance program participation generally decreased the odds of being at risk of overweight in girls but not boys.

A second goal of this study was to identify associations between household food security status, food assistance program participation, and child weight status.

Lastly, I was disappointed not to hear brought up how many low income families rely at least partially on government funded food assistance programs.

Low - Income Supplemental Pet Food Assistance Program As of 2015: over 178,915 pounds of dog and cat food distributed

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.

Kibble Corner Pet Food Pantry is a low income pet food assistance program for Clarkston residents sponsored by Canine Companions Rescue Center.

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Provides information on applying for food assistance programs Food and Nutrition Service ww w.fns.usda.gov /

However... I think it's dangerously simplistic to assert that cutting food assistance programs or repealing food - related legislation will force people to take personal responsibility for feeding their children nutritious food.

And when it comes to cuts in food assistance programs, do we really need to discuss the long term societal costs of letting children going hungry, let alone the morality of doing so?

Your support of our work helps more Maryland families connect to available food assistance programs that can help put food on the table, and improve access to healthy, affordable food.

Senators unanimously passed a bill that establishes guidelines for the donation to food assistance programs of excess, unused, edible food not used for school meals.

The pet food assistance program helps to ensure that pets in our community do not go hungry; that pet parents keep their furry friends even through tough financial times; and that people do not have to sacrifice their own needs to feed their pet.

Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about efforts by House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food regulations, the new food safety law and the new voluntary guidelines for marketing junk food to children, along with funding for food assistance programs like WIC.

We need to fix school lunches so they're based on fresh foods, and fix food assistance programs so people have greater access to healthier foods.»

In petitioning the USDA, industry leaders advocated just such an approach, saying, «Breaded dogfish sticks are ideal for use in domestic food assistance programs.»

Food assistance programs receive 10 million pounds additional food, better infrastructure, and mobile technology to help alleviate hunger in New York City's most underserved neighborhoods.

Pantry 4 Paws Pet Food Assistance Program through Tail Waggers in Livonia is designed to help meet the needs of your dog or cat during difficult times.

Sam's Hope Pet Food Assistance Program Sam's Hope Veterinary Care Assistance Program Sam's Hope Meals for the Pets of the Homebound & Elderly Program * Approximately 50 % of pets surrendered to shelters never find a new home, and sadly, are euthanized.

The Pet Food Assistance program provides financially struggling pet owners with three months» supply of pet food during times of financial hardship to alleviate the stress of paying for pet food during a time of financial crisis.

The Low - Income Supplemental Pet Food Assistance Program enables families to keep their pets during these economically challenging times.

2008 — Supplemental Low - Income Pet Food Assistance Program begins.

«We are thrilled to report that 1500 + pets benefited from our Pet Food Assistance Program during our first year of operation, «said Marianne Iaquinto, Founder of Sam's Hope.

Animal Care Services operates a solely donation - funded food assistance program called Pet Pantry for pet owners who need a little extra help in hope of keeping pets in their home rather than being surrendered to the shelter.

The government plans to expand the number of non-cash food assistance program (BPNT) recipients from...

Community Legal Services provides assistance and representation to eligible clients with issues regarding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Food Assistance Program (SUNCAP).

Low - income mothers who use food assistance programs face a high level of surveillance over their children's health and weight, new UBC research suggests.

The results of this study support our hypothesis that food assistance programs moderate the relationship between food security status and child weight status.

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).

When other household and child characteristics were controlled for, federal food assistance program participation did not increase or decrease the odds of being at risk of overweight among children from food secure households in general.

Your support of our work helps more Maryland families connect to available food assistance programs that can help put food on the table, and improve access to healthy, affordable food.

The Humane Society of the Piedmont's Food Assistance Program helps to ensure that pets in our community do not go hungry; that pet parents keep their furry friends even through tough financial times; and that people do not have to sacrifice their own needs to feed their pet.

In addition to our Rescue and Adoption program, MEOW Foundation offers a subsidized Spay / Neuter Assistance Program (SNAP), Cat Food Assistance Program and Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) Program for cats living in the Calgary community.

Our programs include a low - cost spay / neuter clinic, a low - income supplemental pet food assistance program, foster and adoption programs, a feral cat trap - and - release program, and ongoing education about animal care.

To address federal SNAP cuts, Cuomo plans to use heating funds to shore up food assistance programs for some 300,000 families.

AnimalSave's Supplemental Pet Food Assistance Program is intended to supplement the food that families provide their companion animals.

«This work includes partnerships with Catholic social service agencies on local responsible fatherhood programs and international anti - hunger / food assistance programs.

U.S. dairy ingredients have an important nutritional and functional role in applications for food assistance programs.

Similarly, it also doesn't speak to funding for SNAP, the federal food assistance program.

Common sense: If you stop and think about it, shouldn't all food assistance programs (i.e., paid for with taxpayer dollars), at the very least, comply with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which is supposed to be based on the latest nutrition science?

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).

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.

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 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.

Officials from local hunger relief organizations say that nearly 60 percent of Long Islanders are eligible for SNAP, the government's food assistance program, commonly known as food stamps.