SNAP/Food Stamps
Findings from CEO Poverty Report Support Key CCC Recommendations
Last week New York City’s Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) released its annual report on the CEO Poverty Measure[1], an alternative to the official federal poverty measure.[2] By taking into account more modern spending patterns as well as geograp …
CCC Testimony: City Council General Welfare Committee Hearing on Fiscal Year 2015 Preliminary Budget Proposals
CCC testified about the impact the Fiscal Year 2015 Preliminary Budget would have on children and families served by the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), Human Resources Administration (HRA), and Department of Homeless Services (DHS) at th …
Daily News Coverage on Hunger Crisis Echoes CCC Transition Plan Recommendations
Two full pages in the Daily News today were devoted to the hunger crisis in New York City. Notably, Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, penned a column about the many concrete steps the City will be taking to tackle food …
NYC’s Congressional Delegation Must Vote No to Farm Bill
For Immediate Release Contact: Elysia Murphy, (212) 673-1800 x18, emurphy@cccnewyork.org January 28, 2014 – Tomorrow, the House will vote on a version of the Farm Bill that cuts SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or Food Stamps) by $8 …
CCC Testimony: Oversight – Hunger in New York City
CCC testified about hunger and food insecurity, particularly for NYC children, and about a bill to measure food insecurity at the New York City Council General Welfare, Health and Women’s Issues hearing on November 25, 2013. CCC’s testimony thanked the …
New Census Data Shows Increase in Child Poverty in NYC
The U.S. Census Bureau released their updated data from the 2012 American Community Survey and it once again showed child poverty to be increasing in New York City. The new data provides sobering evidence that, even four years after the economic recove …
