Food assistance programsSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)Organizational capacityFood securityNonprofit organizationsThere has been a recent push to offer more food assistance programs at farmers markets. Yet, as more programs are developed for farmers markets, little input has been sought ...
Provides financial assistance to child care providers to help them run a quality business. Reassures parents that their children will receive high quality, nutritious meals while in care. Participation in the food program is free. Your child care home or center must be licensed by the State of...
When looking at the number of families who received Supplemental Security Income (SSI), cash public assistance income, or Food Stamps/SNAP benefits in 2022 it was Wayne County that had the highest number of households, by far, at 47,646. Macomb County had the second highest number of househo...
Small- and medium-scale Michigan farms and food suppliers benefit from the 10 Cents a Meal program through market opportunities. During the 2022–2023 program, grantees reported spending nearly $4 million dollars on Michigan-grown fruits, vegetables, and dry beans. Of these purchases, grantees re...
The market has also renewed its commitment to assisting citizens of Mount Pleasant facing food insecurity through a number of food assistance programs. “If somebody has a Bridge Card, they can use that to shop at the market,” Moody said. “Additionally, if you use a Bridge Card, the mone...
The Bridge card is a single, rechargeable instrument that subscribers use for food-assistance programs, shelter assistance, childcare, health care and other programs for which they qualify, some administered by non-profit, non-governmental groups such as Meals on Wheels and the Michigan Community Act...
The Michigan DOL/UIA has completed paying out on the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program which provided an additional $300 per week to Michiganders who are unemployed due to COVID-19. Claimants whose current weekly benefit amount (WBA) is at least $100 received the additional $300 p...
Perfect Circle Recycling processes various materials & products, we create a sustainable system. Creating renewable energy, animal nutrition, & more from common food waste.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, a federal program commonly known as WIC, provides food assistance to low-income families. Individual states dictate which brand of formula is covered by WIC, and Abbott Nutrition's Similac formula, the leading brand in th...
role in ending hunger, poverty, and malnutrition worldwide, and reinforced the government's approach to better food quality and nutrition with the Feed the Future initiative. [Pictured: An example of assistance via a food relief program in Zimbabwe.] 2018: America's Water Infrastructure Act ...