Sentences with phrase «including food assistance»

Programs for seniors in need are available as well, including food assistance and medical services programs.4

211 is a statewide number for information and referrals to a variety of health and human services, including food assistance.

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The official poverty measure is based on Census money income, which includes cash assistance but does not count non-cash assistance like SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) and rental vouchers.

Census money income does not include non-cash benefits such as those from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps), Medicare, Medicaid, or employer - provided health insurance.

Examples include food services, delivery services, marketing assistance, information technology support, and customer service.

Assistance will include on - site visits to determine food waste generation baselines; strategies for reducing food waste; siting for food waste capture systems; training in reduction strategies; and an exploration of local options for composting, biodigesting, donation of edible food, or commercial companies that offer organic waste diversion services.

In addition to programs run by the government there are many private and community - based organizations in neighborhoods across the country, including food banks, soup kitchens, food pantries, and Meals on Wheels programs, that provide temporary assistance to help.

I received invaluable assistance from the Center for Science in the Public Interest in getting the letter circulated, and it has now been signed by 29 organizations and individuals, including: CSPI; the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity; the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation; the Environmental Working Group; Healthy, Child, Healthy World; The Healthy Schools Campaign; Chef Ann Cooper; Dr. Yoni Freedhoff and many more.

CEO allows schools to serve free breakfast and free lunch to all students when 40 percent or more of students are certified for free meals without a paper application, which includes students who are directly certified (through data matching) for free meals because they live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), as well as children who are automatically eligible for free school meals because of their status in foster care or Head Start, homeless, or migrant.

Caregiver duties and responsibilities can include: Assisting with personal care: bathing and grooming, dressing, toileting, and exercise Basic food preparation: preparing meals, shopping, housekeeping, laundry, and other errands General health care: overseeing medication and prescriptions usage, appointment reminders and administering medicine Mobility assistance: help with getting in and out of a wheelchair, car or shower Personal supervision: providing constant companionship and general supervision Transportation: driving to and from activities, running errands, and help getting in and out of wheelchair - accessible vehicle Emotional support: being a stable companion and supporter in all matters personal, health - related and emotional Care for the elderly: orienting or grounding someone with Alzheimer s disease or dementia, relaying information from a doctor to family members Back - up care (or respite) services: providing other caregivers a break Home organization: help with organizing

Alleviating childhood hunger requires greater political will at the national level, including increased funding of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or «food stamps.»)

2008 FRAC, state officials, elderly advocates, and other anti-hunger allies secure more than $ 10 billion in 10 - year added funding in the 2008 Farm Bill for food stamps (now renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP), including the first boost in the program's minimum benefit in more than 30 years.

Approximately every five years, Congress reauthorizes the Farm Bill, a comprehensive piece of legislation that authorizes most federal policies governing food and agriculture programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Federal child nutrition programs include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

2012 New polling data from FRAC show deep support for ending hunger and strong opposition to cutting food assistance programs, including SNAP.

Here are resources that can help make ends meet, including child support, WIC, TANF, food pantries, mortgage assistance, free school lunches, and community organizations.

We champion programs and policies that strengthen food security across the United States and around the globe, including the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, Feed the Future, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and federal Child Nutrition Programs.

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.

Hunger truly does not take a vacation, and so we will link here to our annual Thanksgiving post that includes resources for food assistance as well as volunteer opportunities in your community.

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.

Here is where to look for help including parenting support, financial help, food assistance, and more.

All parties include food and beverage service, one hour in the party room, the assistance of a party coordinator, a t - shirt for the birthday child, and one hour use of basketball courts or indoor fields.

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).

Identified students include those who qualify for free meals because they live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), as well as children who are certified for free school meals without submitting a school meal application because of their status as being in foster care, enrolled in Head Start, homeless, runaway, or migrant students.

Currently, people who have an AIDS diagnosis or «clinical symptomatic HIV illness» and meet the financial need requirements are eligible for HASA's package of benefits, which includes rental assistance, food stamps, enrollment in Medicaid, and transportation assistance.

According to Mauro, a much more important finding of Moynihan's report for New York State's Congressional candidates, is that our state ranks near the bottom in the distribution of so - called «discretionary» federal spending — 48th in per capita military spending and 42nd in per capita non-defense discretionary spending — but first per capita when it comes to means - tested assistance programs, including Medicaid, AFDC, Food Stamps, Housing Assistance, and Unemployment assistance programs, including Medicaid, AFDC, Food Stamps, Housing Assistance, and Unemployment Assistance, and Unemployment Insurance.

Major federal programs administered by DSS include Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as «Food Stamps»), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, among others.

The Kinderhook Republican, who faces a wide field of Democratic contenders itching to limit his career on Capitol Hill to one term, says he believes SNAP — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as food stamps are now called — is «an essential program for many families» in New York, including his 19th Congressional District in the Hudson Valley and Catskills.

• Individual Assistance including the Individuals and Households Program, Crisis Counseling, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, USDA food coupons and distribution, USDA food commodities, Disaster Legal Services, the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and Small Business Administration disaster loans for Albany, Bronx, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Greene, Kings, Montgomery, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, Washington, and Westchester.

The minimum wage increase was just one of 10 proposals that the governor unveiled in advance of his State of the State address in Albany on Wednesday, including expansions in job programs for urban youth, additional funding for homeless services and low - income housing, and assistance for food programs.

Benefits DA Zugibe claims the defendants attained through fraudulent means include federal and state housing subsidies, food stamps and Medicaid assistance.

We, the undersigned organizations representing New York's social services sector, write to express our strong opposition to the partisan Farm Bill, put forth by President Trump and Congressional Republicans, that would end or reduce food assistance for a substantial number of low - income New Yorkers, including children in working families.

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.

There are an estimated 300,000 homecare workers in New York State who make around $ 10 an hour, and 56 % are forced to rely on public assistance to survive, including 30 % who are on food stamps.

This includes equipment (skidoo, climbing equipment, food, etc.) and top notch field assistance from Alain Hubert and our Swiss field guide Raphael Mayoraz.»

Mandatory spending includes such programs as Social Security (run by the Social Security Administration), Medicare (run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Department of Health and Human Services), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (run by the Food and Nutrition Service in the Department of Agriculture), and others.

It also includes widely used safety net programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps), and a significant amount of federal spending on transportation, among other things.

Public welfare, for instance, includes four major programs, from income assistance to Medicaid to food stamps.

Identified Students include those whose families receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation benefits, or Medicaid in areas approved for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Medicaid Direct Certification DemonstrationAssistance Program (SNAP) benefits, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation benefits, or Medicaid in areas approved for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Medicaid Direct Certification DemonstrationAssistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation benefits, or Medicaid in areas approved for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Medicaid Direct Certification Demonstrationassistance, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation benefits, or Medicaid in areas approved for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Medicaid Direct Certification Demonstration Projects.

Overall, a third of the school's students are identified as «high needs,» a designation that includes special education students and English language learners, students who are in foster care or from households receiving state assistance with food or housing and those from economically disadvantaged families.

This program will give grants to DCPS and charter schools to start gardens and encourage them to include demonstration compost piles in their gardens (food must be grown in safe soil); provide curricula, technical assistance, and other support; and keep data on the locations and types of gardens.

Simmons» proposal includes a longer school day, healthcare services, after - school programs, drug - prevention programs, college and career support, food, and clothing assistance.

I currently am on medication and was recently approved for SSI benefits including cash assistance and food stamps.

Premier roadside assistance also includes trip interruption coverage, which provides $ 600 (maximum of $ 200 per day) of reimbursement for food and lodging if your vehicle breaks down.

This includes payments under a federal or state public assistance program such as TANF, SSI, Food Stamps, or state general public assistance.

The AGC grant program offers assistance to local, regional and national adoption groups with some of the expenses associated with placing greyhounds in adoptive homes, including food, medicines, bedding, collars, leashes, and fuel for animal transport.

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Includes let - outs, food / water, accident cleanup, house breaking assistance and basic obedience reinforcement.

Proof of public assistance, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Reference from Integrated Community / Communidad Integrada (ciiccolorado.org) Two most recent pay stubs W - 2 1040 Proof of children in the reduced - cost school lunch program Proof of unemployment benefits currently or within the last three months Proof of Food Stamps Latest award letter for Social Security or disability payments Proof of Medicaid Extreme medical expense or other demonstrable extreme financial hardship Court documents showing amount of child support or spousal massistance, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Reference from Integrated Community / Communidad Integrada (ciiccolorado.org) Two most recent pay stubs W - 2 1040 Proof of children in the reduced - cost school lunch program Proof of unemployment benefits currently or within the last three months Proof of Food Stamps Latest award letter for Social Security or disability payments Proof of Medicaid Extreme medical expense or other demonstrable extreme financial hardship Court documents showing amount of child support or spousal mAssistance for Needy Families (TANF) Reference from Integrated Community / Communidad Integrada (ciiccolorado.org) Two most recent pay stubs W - 2 1040 Proof of children in the reduced - cost school lunch program Proof of unemployment benefits currently or within the last three months Proof of Food Stamps Latest award letter for Social Security or disability payments Proof of Medicaid Extreme medical expense or other demonstrable extreme financial hardship Court documents showing amount of child support or spousal maintenance