Nutrition Action Alert
December 2, 2015
In This Issue

CFPA's 2016 State Legislative Agenda

For two decades, CFPA has incubated and advanced innovative policy solutions that increase low-income Californians' access to nutritious, affordable food. We envision a healthy and food secure California for all residents. We are calling on the State Legislature to take action in support of this vision.

CFPA's 2016 Policy Actions

è  Invest in effective, after-the-bell school breakfast programs to improve the health and academic achievement of students in California's highest-need schools.
è  Ensure that a lack of safe drinking water does not increase food insecurity among low-income Californians without potable water in their homes.
è  Reduce food insecurity and support healthy eating by making       Summer EBT for Children a reality in California.
è  Require charter schools to address the need for free and reduced-price school meals to meet the basic needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged students.
Take a look at CFPA's 2016 Legislative Agenda.  PDF
 
We'd like to thank our partners who participated in CFPA's 2016 policy development process earlier this year. The insights and feedback gathered through stakeholder interviews and the online survey have proven invaluable in establishing our 2016 legislative agenda.

Questions? Please contact Tracey Patterson at 510.433.1122 ext. 101
Registration Now Open! LA School Food 
Convening February 10, 2016

Registration is now open for the Los Angeles School Food Convening to be held February 10th, 2016. The convening will bring together a diverse group of organizations and individuals in the greater Los Angeles area that are focused on improving the health and well-being of students and their families. Attendees will gain valuable insights about school food programs, policy and actions you can take to improve school meals. The event will also include advocacy training on how to build support for a particular issue or policy.

The Los Angeles School Food Convening will be hosted by California Food Policy Advocates and Occidental College - Urban and Environmental Policy Institute's Healthy School Food Coalition.

Space is limited. Register today! link

Learn more about the LA School Food Convening. link

Questions? Please contact Anna Colby at 213.482.8200 ext. 204
CFPA in the News!

In yesterday's Bay Area News Group publications, CFPA Executive Director George Manalo-LeClair and Board Member Dr. Hilary Seligman observe that we Californians are preoccupied with food, but that for many low-income families, that preoccupation is rooted in uncertainty about where their next meal may come from.

More than 4 million households in California are food insecure and ironically, those who work to produce and distribute our food are more than twice as likely to worry about having enough to eat.

Californians can help by supporting policies that decrease food insecurity for working families:
  • Push for higher wages and benefits for low-income workers in the food industry, and address inequities in the distribution of higher wage jobs.
  • Make it easier for eligible low-wage workers accessing health care through the state benefit exchange to be automatically connected with food resources like CalFresh.
  • Move school breakfast after the school bell to help ensure that the academic and behavioral benefits of breakfast reach more students.
Read the full op-ed. PDF

Questions? Contact George Manalo-LeClair at 510-433-1122 ext 103
Staffing Update - Welcome Melissa! 

CFPA is pleased to announce that Melissa Cannon has joined the CFPA team as a Nutrition Policy Advocate based in our Oakland office. A Registered Dietitian, Melissa most recently worked to improve patient care at the Native American Health Center through her role as a Clinical Dietitian. Her advocacy work at CFPA will focus on the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, with a focus on improving access and participation, as well as the nutritional quality and appeal of school food.

Melissa can be reached at 510.433.1122 ext. 102 or [email protected]
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