Monthly Advocacy Alert keeps you informed

Oregon Food Bank and the Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force publish a monthly Advocacy Alert to help people understand hunger and poverty issues and take action on legislation that affects low-income people.

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Recent Advocacy Alerts

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May 2008

• The future of food in Oregon
• Probing questions
• Farm bill progress stuck in mud
• Governor's Hunger Week

April 2008

• Economic inequality reemerges, opportunity withers
• Upcoming changes to WIC food package

March 2008

• Wrap up on Oregon's supplemental session
• President issues his FY 2009 budget

February 2008

• The 2008 supplemental legislative session is upon us
• Tax credits support family economic stability
• Tired of not having health coverage?
• Training for summer food program sponsors

January 2008

• Oregon agriculture, schools and school gardens
• The voices of hunger in Oregon
• Housing alliance seeks money for preservation, homeless stragegies

December 2007

• Feds find hunger still a problem
• Improvements to Oregon's TANF program
• Depression stalks food insecure, study finds

November 2007

• Childhood hunger: A public health problem
• Governor focuses on hunger, health and nurtrition
• Advocates pursue general assistance

October 2007

• Yes on Measure 50: Hunger and health are related
• Governor to proclaim Harvest Week
• Happy birthday to the Food Stamp program

September 2007

• Farm bill passes the House... now on to the Senate
• School meals help in more than one way
• After-school meals and snacks boost nutrition

August 2007

• 2007 Oregon Legislature makes solid progress
• Food stamps, farmers' markets, fresh foods
• Summer food program a hit

July 2007

• Farm bill growing in U.S. Congress
• Food and fun this summer

June 2007

• Key bills await final action in Oregon
• Food Stamp Challenge fuels Farm Bill

May 2007

• Action needed on key bills in the Oregon Legislature
• Fair lending law advancing

April 2007

• Farm Bill programs help fight hunger in Oregon
• Take the food stamp challenge

March 2007

• Redesigning TANF
• Bridge program for disabled individuals
• Time to start thinking of summer

February 2007

• Affordable housing creates oppotunities to build better lives
• Expand health care coverage for children

January 2007

• Thank you Governor Kulongoski
• What's on our plate
• Food programs and farm bill highlight OFB agenda

December 2006

• The heat or eat dilemma
• Election wrap up
• Become involved in advocacy

October 2006

• Important upcoming ballot measures
• 2005 Oregon food stamp participation report

September 2006

• Measure 48: Flawed cap on state spending
• Advocacy efforts are critically important
• Serve meals after school

August 2006

• Reducing perscription drug costs
• Funding for human services moves ahead; but the Community Food and Nutrition program is left out.
• What's new with congress

July 2006

• Gaps in health insurance: An all-American problem
• Cashing in on poverty: The skys the limit for check-cashing in Oregon
• Senator Wyden votes to protect the Estate Tax

June 2006

• Community well-being + program services = taxes
• Lessons from the field: When five years is not enough
• Food stamps boost the economy

May 2006

• Senator Smith honored as anti-hunger hero
• The passage of payday loan reform: A real victory for hard-working families
• "Act to End Hunger" executive summary: Record strides

April 2006

• What do we want Oregon to look like five years from now?
• Governor's Hunger Awareness Week
• Taking the fair and balanced approach

March 2006

• Federal budget-cutting bill at expense of low-income people
• WIC at risk - a strong, healthy America in jeopardy
• Emergency food clients choose between housing and food

February 2006

• Increased need drives hole in DHS budget
• Citizen advocate becomes champion for others
• Training offered for new Summer Food Service program sponsors

December 2005

• Hunger for the holidays
• Oregon faces double trouble from food stamp cuts outlined in budget bill
• Coordinating council on hunger creates strategic plan

November 2005

• Action in Congress threatens progress Oregon has made in reducing hunger
• Federal budget update

October 2005

• Opening our eyes to poverty
• Act to End Hunger: Get involved
• Federal budget update

Report on the 2005 Legislature

September 2005

• Spending limit proposals threaten state services
• State legislative session ends with several victories

August 2005

• Report highlights Oregon's success
• Questions remain about unfinished business

July 2005

• The debate surrounding TANF reauthorization
• Hunger-relief bills need action before the session ends

June 2005

• Debate on the estate tax is far from dead
• Summer lunch fills need in Oregon communities

May 2005

• Usury: A brief history of consumer credit laws
• Anti-hunger bills in the legislature

April 2005

• State budget priorities: Protecting those most in need
• Hunger in Central Oregon
• Federal budget update: House and senate iron out differences

March 2005

• Federal budget update
• The forgotten issue: TANF reauthorization

February 2005

• The looming federal budget battle
• Start planning now: children's summer food programs

January 2005

• Anti-hunger legislative agenda
• What your tax dollars do for those in need

December 2004

• More voices join the fight against hunger in Oregon
• Hunger rate improves while remaining above the national average

November 2004

• Housing protections at risk for low-income families
• Feed children in your community with federal dollars

Advocacy Alert Archive

• Volume 10- November 2003 to October 2004 (links to list of Advocacy Alerts)
• Volume 9- November 2002 to October 2003 (links to list of Advocacy Alerts)
• Volume 8 - November 2001 to October 2002 (links to list of Advocacy Alerts)
• Volume 7 - November 2000 to October 2001 (links to list of Advocacy Alerts)

State of Hunger fiscal year 2001-2002

• Reports annual statistics of the Oregon Food Bank Network
• Profiles poverty and hunger statistics in Oregon and Clark County, Wash.