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2004 Annual Report: Advocacy
Two boys from an afterschool site
that benefits from Children’s Hunger Alliance’s
AmeriCorps program have a holiday dinner at the 2003 Zooliday
holiday party December 16th at the Columbus Zoo. |
Ensuring that local, state and federal
policy makers keep nutrition programs accessible to the people
that really need them.
- Advocated with Ohio policy makers for adoption
of simplified income and asset requirements for the Food
Stamp Program with great success.
- Published "Hunger in Ohio: The State
of the State 2004" and 88 county profiles documenting
the status of hunger in each county and how federal nutrition
programs were being used.
- Advocated for the passage of the Child Nutrition
and WIC Reauthorization Act that included Ohio as a participant
in the Lugar and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable pilot programs.
- Conducted briefings for congressional staff
and state legislators on the status of hunger in Ohio and
Ohio’s utilization of federal nutrition programs.
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leadership
and dedication to expanding access to food, nutrition education and quality child
care. To achieve this, Children's Hunger Alliance must break the cycle of hunger
through education, leadership, advocacy and service. That is our mission.
