SF-Marin Food Bank Launches Petition Urging Congress to Strengthen and Protect SNAP and CalFresh
The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank has launched a petition calling on the public to urge the U.S. Congress to strengthen and protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, known as CalFresh in California) and food security services, rather than slash them.
Marchon Tatmon, the food bank's Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy, wrote that cuts to SNAP and other critical programs would directly impact children, seniors, people with disabilities and working families in the community who are already struggling to afford meals, and that more than five million Californians rely on SNAP and CalFresh to keep food on the table. Signing the petition, he said, means standing up for those five million Californians.
The food bank said its past advocacy has helped raise CalFresh minimum benefits and secure funding for California-grown produce, but that those hard-fought wins are under threat. In addition to distributing nutritious groceries from its San Francisco and San Rafael locations in Marin County, the food bank advocates on food policy at every level.
Source: San Francisco-Marin Food Bank
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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