As the Debate on Federal Nutrition Programs Heats Up, Voices’ Staff Take the SNAP Challenge

With the Senate approving its farm policy bill last week, the U.S. House is expected this week to take up its version, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. It currently proposes cutting the food stamps program…

Congress Must Protect Health Equity Programs

Much of the discussion about reducing our federal deficit has revolved around our national defense and entitlement programs. Unfortunately, the discussion often doesn’t include the importance of federal health and nutrition programs which support those who are most vulnerable, particularly…

Take Action Now to Provide Healthier Food Options for Children in Our Schools

Each day in schools across the country, children are faced with a decision that will impact the rest of their lives: Kids determine which foods they will eat during lunch time. About 40 percent will buy a snack, either from…

SpongeBob Wanted: May be Armed with Nutritionally Dangerous Foods

SpongeBob Square Pants, you’re wanted for marketing junk food to kids. That’s the gist of an ad published in the Hollywood Reporter today targeting Nickelodeon, SpongeBob’s creator, for aggressively marketing nutritionally dangerous foods to kids. Nickelodeon has yet to…

All Kids Means All Kids: Sequestration Affects Communities of Color

Voices for America’s Children is concerned not only about the impact of sequester for all children and families, but especially for those most vulnerable to economic and educational challenges. Sequestration will have a devastating effect on all children nationwide, but…

“A Place At The Table” Looks at Hunger in the U.S.

An estimated 50 million people in this country do not know where their next meal will come from, and one in four of the hungry are children. The documentary film, “A Place at the Table,” chronicles the economic, social and…

Help get Nickelodeon to stop marketing junk food to kids

Should we market junk food to children? Pundits have debated this question for decades, but the question is more urgent now because of the obesity epidemic. More than one-third of American adults are obese.

Child advocates agree that marketing…

Right-sizing school lunch

New federal nutrition standards are creating healthier school lunches around the country by requiring schools to feed students with a greater variety of food and more fruits and vegetables. It’s the first time we’ve raised standards on school meals in…

Voices opposes Senate cuts to food stamps

Recently we warned that the federal budget that just passed the U.S. House of Representatives would be devastating to low-income families. The Senate this week also advanced some cuts, and while they’re not as bad as the House, children who…

What’s at stake for kids in the Farm Bill?

Our Washington state organization this week asks, “What’s at stake for kids in the Farm Bill?” The answer is that food stamps is paid for by this legislation, and around half of all food stamp recipients are children.

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