Two Very Different Visions for Hunger in Washington
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Washington's Senate and House of Representatives released their budgets this week. One budget includes new ideas for fair and sustainable revenue and restores and enhances our food safety net. The other puts low-income families at risk because it does not include priorities for food and nutrition programs and cuts cash assistance to help families with children pay for basic necessities (housing, hygiene products, utilities, etc.) while parents are working towards gainful employment. Read more
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What You Can Do:
Now is the time to contact Senate and House budget negotiators and urge them to come to an agreement on a budget that makes the best investments for families: a budget that has sufficient, fair, sustainable revenue to make important investments in both basic education and basic needs.
Your calls and emails are important, especially if you are a constituent! Be sure to include personal stories about hunger to illustrate the need for restoring our food safety net and other basic need services. Find contact information and names of legislators to call below:
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Tip for Our Partners:
Watch this video of Joe Gruber from the University District Food Bank do a fantastic job of providing testimony on EFAP and hunger issues at the Senate Ways & Means Committee hearing on the budget.
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