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Make Sure State Lawmakers Prioritize School Meal Funding!
As we move into the budget negotiation part of Arizona’s legislative session, urge our lawmakers to include funding for reduced price and free school meals! Learn more about school meals in AZ by reading now.
Action Alert: Urge Our Senators to Expand the Child Tax Credit
ELCA Action Alert: We still haven’t gotten the CTC passed! Keep pressuring congress to make it a priority.
Action Alert: Urge the AZ Legislature to Support Healthy School Meals for All
Urge the Arizona State Legislature to provide funding for free and reduced price school meals in its upcoming budget!
New Journey Lutheran Church Sponsors Fountain Hills Community Food Pack for Food For Kidz
Read all about New Journey Lutheran Church’s 11th annual mobile food packing event for Food For Kidz. NJLC partnered with other churches and the Fountain Hills community to provide thousands of meals to people in need.
LAMA Joins Local Partners in Letter Supporting the Child Tax Credit
LAMA joined 20 other local organizations in signing on to a letter urging our Senators to support the expanded Child Tax Credit. Read it now!
ELCA Advocacy Action Alert: Take Action to Fully Fund W.I.C and S.N.A.P
ELCA Advocacy Action Alert: Urge Congress to fully fund WIC and SNAP before March 1!
2024 Bread for the World Offerings of Letters
Learn about Bread for the World’s new Offerings of Letters resources for 2024.
RTS for the Week of 2/27
Read our weekly RTS alert for the 2024 Legislative Session. This week we are looking at hunger and housing, encouraging support for HB 2794 and HB2815.
ELCA Advocacy Action Alert: Urge the Senate to Expand the CTC
With tax season underway, urge our Senators to pass a bipartisan tax package that expands the Child Tax Credit!
UPDATE: Child Tax Credit Passes House, Awaits Senate Approval
The CTC passed the House! Read more about how to advocate for this instrumental policy as the Senate prepares to debate it
DATE CHANGE: Bread For The World’s Campaign Launch
DATE CHANGE: Join us tonight for the launch of Bread’s newest advocacy campaign!
Farm Bill Update: Extension!
We celebrate the passage of an extension to the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the Farm Bill, which expired on September 30) until September 2024. Contacting Congress on Farm Bill measures will be a critical priority for faith-based advocates as negotiations come to the fore in 2024.
Bread for the World Advocacy Campaign for Child Hunger
Join Bread for the World on Dec 8 for the launch of their newest Childhood Hunger Advocacy Campaign!
ELCA Action Alert: Urge Congress to Expand the Child Tax Credit
Help fight child poverty and hunger by urging congress to prioritize tax relief for low-income families.
ACTION ALERT: Urge Your Representatives To Fully Fund WIC
ACTION ALERT: Urge the House not to cut WIC funding in the upcoming appropriations bill!
ACTION ALERT: Urge Congress to Support WIC Funding
ACTION ALERT: Urge Congress to fully fund the WIC program in the upcoming Farm Bill.
Farm Bill Resources: Prep for Listening Sessions
Congress is preparing to reauthorize the Farm Bill in 2023. Each reauthorization provides an opportunity to improve or expand programs that ensure access to fresh and healthy food while addressing root causes of hunger.
New DES Director is a friend of LAMA
Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs has appointed Angie Rodgers to take over DES. The agency says thousands of Arizonans were overpaid unemployment benefits in the pandemic.