Reports

• Growing a Healthy NY: Innovative Food Projects that End Hunger and Strengthen Communities. manual | addendum
  This manual features 24 programs that increase access to fresh food, promote economic development, and unite people with local farmers. Also Download Project Interest Flyer.
  
  
• Profiles of Model CSA Projects in NY State gives detailed stories of nine New York CSA's that have reached out to include low-income members.
  
  
• Reaching Out is a report based on the results of Hunger Action's 2004 statewide survey of CSA farmers.
  
  
• "Obesity, Poverty, and the Case for Community Supported Agriculture" is a paper that provides an overview of obesity in our state and nation, analyzes the link between poverty and obesity, and highlights how CSAs help address this growing concern.
  
  
• REPORT FINDS MORE THAN 20% INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR EMERGENCY FOOD

Hunger Impact Survey Report 2003

Regional Statistics for Survey

Survey (for reference)

• 2002 Survey of Emergency Food Programs - The Hunger Action Network of New York State conducted a survey of Emergency Food Programs throughout the state to examine hunger trends and programmatic changes from September of 2001 to September of 2002.
  
  
• Lack of Skills and Education in the Empire State: Low-Income New Yorkers Need Increased Access to School and Vocational Training Programs
  
  Executive Summary | Entire Report | Acknowledgements
  
  
  
• 2002-2004 County Public Assistance and Food Stamp Employment Plan
  Policy Guide
  Revised edition: February 2002
  
  
• Assessing the Effectiveness of Welfare-to-Work Programs in New York State:
  Recommendations for Economic Security - A Survey of the Performance of New York State's Welfare-to-Work Programs According to Its Participants
  June 2001
  
  
  
• Bridging the Gap
  Transitional Benefits - what are they? An overview and survey of 15 Counties
  

  Includes: Albany, Broome, Chemung, Dutchess, Erie, Greene, Monroe, Nassau,New York City, Oneida, Saratoga, Schenectady, Suffolk, Washington, and Westchester Counties.
  

Articles

• NY Senate Could Consider Wage Increase
  
• Child poverty rate rises here
  
• Anti-Poverty Advocates Seek Increased Access to Basic Education, College
  Support Increased Funding for Child Care, Transportation, Transitional Services
  
  
• WITH A JUMP TO THE RIGHT, HILLARY DOES THE TIME WARP
  Opponents of stricter work requirements for people on public assistance lost
  their biggest hope in Washington a couple of weeks ago when Senator Hillary
  Clinton endorsed a bill that, like President Bush’s proposal, calls for
  longer work weeks for welfare recipients. By Matt Pacenza click here to read article >>

Other Information

Seven New York Communities Received HANNYS Minigrants for Innovative Food Projects in Spring 2003!
"RECLAIMING THE POWER TO FEED OURSELVES"
For Immediate Release 6/4/2003

For more detailed project descriptions:
Minigrants Spring 2003 Announcement