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increase access to food for The
Act for Hungry Families will mandate lunch and breakfast in all
elementary schools to guarantee every child access to food, require all
school districts that operate Summer Meal Programs under the United
States Department of Agriculture waiver to open their meal sites to
every child in the area, implement an automatic five month receipt of
Basic Food benefits (Food Stamps) to families transitioning from cash
assistance to work, streamline reporting requirements to cut down
administration and error rates, and restore Basic Food eligibility to
people with former drug felony convictions to help break the cycle of
poverty. The
impact of the bill on the state budget will be minimal, with most
funding already available from federal programs. Members
of the Children & Family Services & Corrections Committee are: Senator
Val Stevens (R-39), Chair; Senator Linda Evans Parlette
(R-12) Vice-Chair; Senator James Hargrove (D-24), Ranking Member;
Senator Don Carlson (R-49); Senator Alex Deccio
(R-14); Senator Rosemary McAuliffe (D-1); Senator Debbie Regala
(D-27). Also key in passing this bill will be Joseph Zarelli,
R-18. ACTION: If
you live in one of their districts, please contact them, let them know
you are a constituent, and ask that they support this bill. The
bill has strong bi-partisan support and is sponsored by Senators Brandland,
Rasmussen, Sheahan, Hargrove, Swecker,
Brown, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Regala, Eide,
Kline, Kohl-Welles, Winsley.
If you are in one of their districts, please let them know you
appreciate their sponsorship of this bill. Please
let all of your legislators know you would appreciate their support of
this bill. If
you can attend the hearing on Friday and speak in support of this bill,
please do so. Thank
you, Eve Rickert FCWPP Lobbyist If
you can, identify yourself as a Friend (Quaker) when contacting
legislators in response to these Alerts. It helps us in our work in Contact
your FCWPP Lobbying Team, Eve Rickert and Alan Mountjoy-Venning at
fcwpp”at”comcast.net (please insert the @ symbol – publishing
e-mail addresses in public websites exacerbates spam problems) or by
calling 360 556-2584 Additional
information about the bill, together with the full text, can be found at
http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/billinfo/dspBillSummary.cfm?billnumber=6411 Use
http://dfind.leg.wa.gov/dfinder.cfm
to find who your legislators are. Contact information for your senators
can be found at http://www.leg.wa.gov/senate/members/default.htm
.Contact information for representatives is at http://www.leg.wa.gov/house/default.htm
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