March 20, 2026. Today’s newsletter highlights RTS Alert opposing an amendment to HB2728. The Inside Scoop is a monthly Hunger Advocacy newsletter by Jessica Herbert of the Arizona Food Bank Network.

This month’s ELCA World Hunger spotlight shares the story of Floricel Liborio, a community leader in Stockton, CA, and the faithful response of Iglesia Luterana Santa María Peregrina. Amid fear surrounding immigration enforcement and real hunger among farmworker families, the congregation is providing grocery assistance and standing in visible solidarity.

ELCA Action Alert from March 5. Urge a bold, efficient Farm Bill which supports both hungry families and vital rural communities. Act today!

February 27, 2026. The Inside Scoop is a monthly Hunger Advocacy newsletter by Jessica Herbert of the Arizona Food Bank Network.

Learn about Bread for the World’s new Offerings of Letters resources for 2026. Click for upcoming webinars.

RTS Action Alerts! Click to read the bills we’re watching related to food insecurity in Arizona. These bills are being heard this week ~ we urge you to activate your faith in love today!

This article explaining new SNAP changes is by Will Humble, executive director of Arizona Public Health Association (AzPHA). Mr. Humble will be the featured speaker at Lutheran Day at the Legislature on February 23.

RTS ALERT: HB2206 & SB1333 ~ SNAP Error Rate Forensic Audit. Act before hearing on February 4 at 9:00 am! Click for Lutheran talking points.

Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry joins the GCS Hunger Leaders Network monthly call on Tuesday, February 24 at 6:00 pm AZ (MST).

Join Bread for the World President and CEO Rev. Eugene Cho and staff, as well as hundreds of advocates across the country for the online launch of the 2026 Offering of Letters on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. ET.

Use the 2025-26 Action Guide and the 2026 Lenten Calendar for congregations in planning educational and fundraising events at your congregation. From ELCA World Hunger.

Is Arizona’s $67 M Balance sufficient to address $1.1 B of H.R. 1 tax impacts? What about SNAP cuts? Read key indicators by Arizona Food Bank Network (AzFBN) and Arizona Food Systems Network (AzFSN) and how it will likely affect the upcoming state legislative session.

Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral message on living in troubled times. Read it here.

LSS-SW staff and board members join in support of extending SNAP funding at a press conference on November 5, 2025. Read Arizona Republic article by Laura Gersony.

ELCA World Hunger’s Daily Bread Grants are one way our church accompanies communities as they respond to hunger and poverty. Accepting applications Nov. 1 - Nov. 15, priority this year on rural ministries.

Host Regina Banks speaks with Karen Ehrens, US Policy Manager, Alliance to End Hunger. The interviews were recorded on Monday, October 27th, as advocates across the country expected SNAP funding to run out or be withheld starting November 1st.

ELCA Action Alert includes update from November 3. There are 42 million Americans who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to feed their families who are at risk of seeing delays of their November benefits due to the current government shutdown.

New ELCA Action Alert! As policymakers work to finalize the next farm bill, urge your members of Congress to ensure programs that feed hungry people around the world are protected.