The Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP, is a federal program that supplements the diets of low-income Americans, including elderly people, by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchases nutritious foods…
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Last month, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) put out a public request for comments and suggestions on work requirements for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). USDA is specifically seeking comments on whether they should reconsider…
“Mmmm this is the best cheese I’ve ever had!” “Look, there’s chicken, and ham, AND cheese AND bread!!” “Oh yeah, this gets a thumbs up!… no, a double thumbs up!!” These were just some of the reactions I overheard during…
Our organization quickly embraced America’s Second Harvest’s (what is now Feeding America) Kids Cafe Program soon after it was conceived in 1993. Since then, over 60 different locations in four counties have benefited from this prepared meal program. Since 1993,…
USDA recently visited our main facility and were amazed at what they saw. Robin Bailey, Jr., Southeast Regional Administrator for the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service and I are pictured here identifying turkeys purchased by the USDA through The Emergency…
Last Thursday our Kids Cafes began the first phase of a significant nutritional transformation. Full five component meals will now be offered daily to at-risk children in afterschool centers located in low income areas. Prior to our approval on October…