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TBNEH Weekly Newsletter
December 4, 2019
Good morning everyone,

Our last Network meeting of the year will be next week, on Thursday, December 12th at 9:30am at United Way Suncoast in Tampa (5201 W. Kennedy Blvd. Suite 600, Tampa, FL).
We hope you will join us as we have an exciting agenda planned! Please let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Thank you!

Lauren Vance, MPH
Communications Manager
Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger
In this week's newsletter:

If you have anything you would like to include in the weekly newsletter, or if you would like to add someone to the distribution list, please email Lauren Vance, Communications Manager, at Lauren.Vance@NetworktoEndHunger.org.

Reminder: The next TBNEH members meeting will be on Thursday, December 12th.  

(1)   Thank you for your support!

(2)   Food Justice & Sustainability Internship Showcase - December 5 (tomorrow)

(3)    Free webinar:  Summer Meals Matter: Public Housing Partners and Summer Meals - December 5 (tomorrow)

(4)  Guided Path Foundation Town Hall Meeting - December 6

(5)  USF Stampede of Service - January 18-22

(6)  "Nearly 200,000 Florida kids could lose free school lunch under food stamp rule changes"


(1) Thank you for your support!
We woud like to thank everyone who played a role in making #GivingTuesday a success for our organization! With the funds raised, we will be able to deliver 91 meals to a senior or homebound individual in St. Petersburg on behalf of our new Meals On Wheels St. Petersburg program. We wouldn't be able to do what we do without the support of our members, community partners, and friends. Thank you for joining us in our efforts to increase food security in our communites.
(2) Food Justice & Sustainability Internship Showcase - December 5 (tomorrow)
(3) Free webinar: Summer Meals Matter: Public Housing Partners and Summer Meals - December 5 (tomorrow)
Begins at 1 p.m. Eastern (12 p.m. Central, 11 a.m. Mountain, 10 a.m. Pacific)

Public housing authorities are a natural summer meals partner. They can help promote the availability of summer meals and even serve them on site where children congregate. Join this 30-minute-deep-dive webinar on how housing partners are supporting summer meals and strategies for engaging them.

The Food Research Action Council (FRAC) is the leading national nonprofit organization working to eradicate poverty-related hunger and undernutrition in the United States. Visit their website (www.frac.org) to learn more. 
(4) Guided Path Foundation Town Hall - December 6

RSVP now for Guided Path Foundation's next Town Hall meeting, introducing the National Black Leadership Commission on Health to the community on December 6th at 12pm at John F. Germany Public Library (99 N Ashley Dr., Tampa, FL 33602).

If you would like to attend or have any questions, contact Marisol Soto at msoto@guidedpathfoundation.com or (813) 405-4437. 

 

 


(5) USF Stampede of Service - January 18-22

Greetings USF Community Partners!

 

It is time to post your service projects for January SOS. SOS January will take place over MLK weekend (1/18/20) – (1/21/20). The Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement will host a SOS January Kickoff on January 17th to introduce students to the Active Citizenship Continuum and Sustainable Development Goals prior to attending service events. Students will be encouraged to sign up for service projects at the Kickoff. The CLCE will feature service projects held between January 18th – January 22nd.

Please send an email to Olivia Norton, Graduate Assistant for Civic Engagement at the USF Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, nortono@usf.edu or call (813) 974-7595 with any questions.

(6) Nearly 200,000 Florida kids could lose free school lunch under food stamp rule changes

By Lautaro Grinspan
Miami Herald

DECEMBER 01, 2019 06:22 AM 
 

Nearly 200,000 children across Florida could lose their automatic access to free school lunches under a Trump administration proposal that would limit the number of people enrolled in the federal food stamps program, formally known as SNAP. The proposal — first announced in July by the United States Department of Agriculture — would restrict SNAP enrollment by taking away states’ ability to tweak some income and asset limits for households that receive both food stamps and other welfare benefits. In Florida, that flexibility had allowed the state’s Department of Children and Families to raise the threshold for SNAP qualification, letting households with incomes up to 200 percent of the poverty level receive food stamps — among the highest in the nation. Under the stricter eligibility criteria imposed in USDA’s proposal, 328,000 Floridians, and three million people nationwide, would see their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits end. Children would be among the hardest hit because SNAP participation also grants them automatic access to free school lunches, a provision that’s part of the USDA’s National School Lunch Program. In Florida, the number of kids that would be subject to losing both their food stamps and their automatic eligibility for free lunches at school stands at 195,888, with some counties affected more than others. Among the places where the policy change could take a big toll is Miami-Dade, where 71 percent of the student body is enrolled in the National School Lunch Program. That’s the fifth-highest percentage in the state, according to the nonpartisan Florida Policy Institute.

If you have anything you would like to include in the weekly newsletter, or if you would like to add someone to the distribution list, please email Lauren Vance, Communications Manager, at Lauren.Vance@NetworktoEndHunger.org.
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