Center For Food Action – Non Profit in New Jersey

November 2018

The New Jersey Department of Human Services has announced new rules that will allow more hungry college students to receive federal food aid. We joined the Murphy Administration officials last week to announce the expansion of food assistance to career and technical education students at community...

Join the#GivingTuesday movement on 11/27. CFA will be hosting a community-wide Hearty Soup Drive, 11/27-11/30. Please contact Nicole Davis at 201.569.1804 x27 or www.cfanj.org to learn how you can join in.Help us collect soup to keep our neighbors in need warm this winter.#GivingTuesday is celebrated on the Tuesday...

HFNJ Outreach Director Lisa Pitz highlights hunger on college campuses in this great segment by NJTV.A growing number of college students face hunger as they struggle to complete their studies. Recently-introduced legislation -- Hunger Free Campus Act -- promises to help reduce college hunger. Lisa...

View this recent State of Affairs, featuring HFNJ Director Adele LaTourette.Adele talks to Steve Adubato about growing hunger in the Garden State, including childhood and college hunger, and solutions we are working on to ensure all New Jersey residents have healthy food to eat, every...

As the nation prepares to observe Veterans Day, a new report finds that 15,000 New Jersey veterans rely on federal assistance to put food on the table - aid that is threatened under a Congressional proposal that would deny help to thousands of New Jersey residents, including...

We will be gathering at the Statehouse on Nov. 29 to highlight a legislative anti-hunger package and our hunger priorities.Our partners are invited to join us on Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. as we highlight a recently-introduced package of 13 measures aimed at curbing hunger...