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Child Nutrition Programs – What Are They and Why Are They Important?
Child nutrition is a critical part of addressing hunger. For a number of reasons, there are unique challenges and opportunities for addressing child hunger compared to other groups of people like older adults. For example, children are in a unique stage of development; they spend a large part of their days at school.
September 16, 2021
Anti-Hunger Fellowship Reflection with Izzy Bratton
Over the summer, I worked with Hunger Free Colorado and Young invincibles as an anti-hunger fellow. I learned the importance of food assistance in creating strong communities and how college students need help accessing and connecting with SNAP. (Which is relevant now, more than ever, in these strenuous circumstances.)
September 7, 2021
Regional Food Coordinator Spotlight Rachel Landis
Our team of five regional food coordinators works across Colorado to develop local food systems centered around equity. They accomplish this work by placing producers and food access organizations at the nexus of solutions. Check out our Q&A with Rachel Landis, director of The Good Food Collective and one of our regional food coordinators, below.
September 3, 2021
Food Insecurity – What is It?
Hunger Free Colorado works to end hunger. Of course, when we say hunger, we aren’t talking about that feeling of hunger you get before deciding if you want to cook at home or order out. We’re talking about hunger – often chronic hunger – that is caused by food insecurity. To understand our work, it might be helpful to first understand what food security is.
August 31, 2021
Meet Our Mobile Outreach Manager Ninfa Drago
In the Denver area, you might run into a woman sitting at a table near a sign that reads, “APPLY FOR FOOD STAMPS HERE.” If she isn’t with a client, she’s scanning the crowd. Some people she’ll let pass but others, she’ll call over. “I love interacting with people,” Ninfa said. “I love to provide them help and give them hope to have a better life by making them feel supported.”
August 12, 2021
Hunger Free Colorado’s Advocacy for Change (2021)
For many people, policy is a confusing, daunting void somewhere in the distance. It’s easier to not even touch policy sometimes. But imagine for a second, your school cafeteria. What food was offered? How much time did you get to eat lunch? Was there support for kids who couldn’t afford meals? Many of our experiences with food and more are shaped by policies, directly or indirectly. Things don’t simply happen, and we can raise our voice to decide what happens.
August 5, 2021
In a World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind
Perhaps beyond the familiar shields we use to protect ourselves, lies the inner strength of humanity (one human shouldering other’s burdens the way others have shouldered ours).
July 28, 2021
Our Partnership Opportunities
Across the state, communities have the wisdom and drive to implement solutions to hunger. We provide tools, training and funding to empower community-led anti-hunger work and advocacy. Join our growing network of nonprofit organizations, government agencies, medical providers, community resource centers, faith congregations, schools and neighborhood activists.
July 14, 2021
2021 State Legislative Wrap-Up
We are pleased to report that Colorado’s legislature finished its session! It included the passage of several bills and funding that will help respond to Colorado’s hunger crisis. Many families have struggled to put food on the table through this pandemic.
July 7, 2021
Hunger Free Colorado Launches New Website
Hunger Free Colorado’s website has been redesigned! These changes were made to help improve usability and better communicate the resources and work to end hunger. Continue reading to learn how our new site can help community members connect with resources, partnership opportunities and more!
June 30, 2021
A Golden Opportunity for Food Pantries
Is there a way to help people access food today AND build the local economy to strengthen communities for the future? Yes, absolutely! And it’s this kind of win-win thinking […]
May 17, 2021
What are we doing at the Colorado Capitol this year?
Colorado’s families are facing hunger at rates we have not seen in decades. These rates have risen due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our economy and health. […]
April 23, 2021
Silverii: The pandemic crushed the poor. Can Colorado make it right?
Since the pandemic began, only 55% of Coloradans report that they have enough money to pay for basic expenses, according to a December 2020 survey by Hunger Free Colorado.
March 17, 2021
The Pandemic Has Exacerbated Food Insecurity Across Colorado
Pallets holding oversized boxes of food are lined up in the parking lot at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood on a 26-degree February morning. Nearly a dozen cars wait in parking spots. More drive in every couple of minutes.
March 16, 2021
Regional Food Coordinator Spotlight: Russell Goodman (Western Slope Colorado)
Our team of five regional food coordinators works across Colorado to develop local food systems centered around equity. They accomplish this work by placing producers and food access organizations at the […]
March 3, 2021
Colorado pushes colleges to better support food-insecure students, improve mental health resources
Colorado’s higher education department is pushing the state’s colleges and universities to prioritize better supporting students who are experiencing hunger and in need of mental health care.
February 24, 2021
Strengthening Immigrant Participation in Nutrition Programs
Immigrant families often face unique barriers to accessing the nutrition programs that can help them thrive. These barriers include harmful policies that exclude some immigrant populations from programs, misinformation about the repercussions […]
February 2, 2021
Progress Made In Colorado: 2020 Policy Snapshot
This policy snapshot highlights some of our major advocacy successes of 2020. This includes meals for more than 180,000 children, over $5.5 million for food pantries and food banks, increased […]
January 21, 2021
SNAP in the New COVID-19 Relief Bill
With food insecurity at an all-time high because of COVID-19, funding key programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are crucial. Thankfully, the new COVID-19 relief bill includes the […]
December 28, 2020
Hunger Free Colorado Selects Roberto Meza for Second Kathy Underhill Scholarship Award
The Kathy Underhill Scholarship Award The Kathy Underhill Scholarship Award highlights exceptional work in the food access field with advocacy, policy, or community engagement through the lens of health equity. Kathy […]
December 17, 2020
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