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President and Chief Executive Officer Fair Food Network Ann Arbor MI 31 Watson Faith Montcalm County SNAP Recipient Greenville MI 33 Nugent Jim Fruit Grower and Chairman Michigan Tree Fruit Commission Suttons...are two points I would like to make First produce incentives work They are improving the diets of SNAP participants and increasing farm...

policy research Among other programs we administered the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP which provided benefits to almost 2 million New Yorkers each month My testimony covers three main...recommendations aimed at improving nutrition including ways we can leverage our federal programs namely SNAP to address this crisis Regrettably...

Integrate Medicaid Medicare VA and DOD healthcare goals assessments enrollments and strategies with SNAP WIC and senior nutrition programs for individuals being served by both programs e Ensure appropriate...with CMS and more will strengthen modernize and leverage our investments in school meals summer meals SNAP WIC senior nutrition programs USDA...

security Studies have shown that incentives such as those provided through the WIC Cash Value Benefit and SNAP Healthy Incentives Pilot have the potential to improve dietary intake in economically vulnerable families...Healthy Incentives Pilot Final Evaluation Report 09 18 2014 Retrieved from https www fns usda gov snap hip final evaluation report...

school meals That also led to a SNAP application with a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services MDHHS case worker who treated me very well The 97 a month SNAP allotment was a life saver for us...ashamed yet relieved embarrassed yet appreciative and my emotions fluctuated between despair and hope SNAP and the work of the food banks helped...

then new cottage food industry and a myriad of new food businesses in the region The market accepted SNAP benefits and was one of the first sites for Double Up Food Bucks outside of Southeast Michigan Later...

at lower income levels are most in need of dedicated resources for fruit and vegetable access for SNAP participants and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program FFVP that has expanded to all states and territories...

the chill of the winter We worked with Marsha to stabilize her situation helping her with food via SNAP utilities and getting her into new housing When Marsha and her children moved into their new apartment...ensure we give people a way out of poverty Work requirements do not get people out of poverty 75 of SNAP recipients with children who are not...

Research SNAP and Other Nutrition Assistance in the Farm Bill April 19 2023 My name is Whitley Hasty and I m honored to be here today to share how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP has positively...not see the sacrifices our parents make until we grow up and make them ourselves With the help of SNAP we were able to shop for...

programs like The Emergency Food Assistance Program TEFAP the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program CSFP work hand in hand with food banks to help families...and Human Services and in coordination with USDA Our Kitchen and SNAP Employment and Training Philabundance is a recipient of the SNAP...