Advocacy

  • Hunger Action E-News

    Food for People publishes The Humboldt County Hunger Action E-News for Humboldt County partners interested in local, statewide and national CalFresh and nutrition current events. Outreach staff read dozens upon dozens of articles about successes, challenges, upcoming legislation and advocacy opportunities impacting CalFresh, nutrition education, hunger and poverty. Sign up via the form at the bottom of this page.

  • Humboldt County Data

    To learn more about research and data specfic to poverty and food insecurity in Humboldt County, visit some of California Center for Rural Policy's Food Access and Pantry Services Survey and Humboldt County Community Food Assessment.

  • CalFresh Advocacy Partners at the State and National Levels

    The Alliance to Transform CalFresh contains a wealth of information about improving CalFresh participation in California, with resources and information on opportunities for advocating for improvements state-wide.

    NourishCA has a great website if you're interested in legislative advocacy. Their CalFresh page will tell you everything you need to know about upcoming legislative advocacy priorities, recommendations for improving the applicant experience and links to their reports and data.

    California Association of Food Banks (CAFB) shares their State Policy Agenda regarding CalFresh, nutrition and anti-hunger policy and their Hunger Legislation Tracker.

    Food Research and Action Center has a ton of advocacy-oriented information about SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--or what CalFresh is known as at the federal level), including data, resources and publications.

    Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a leading resource for data on SNAP and how legislative actions affect the program's participants and potential participants. Learn about some of the policy basics and introductory statistics, such as that nearly 72 percent of SNAP participants are in families with children, and more than one-quarter of participants are in households with seniors or people with disabilities, and go further with their many interesting analyses and reports.