Anti-Hunger Policy Priorities
Policy Priorities to Make Hunger History
Our approach to ending hunger together is three-pronged: to reduce hunger by getting more of the right food where it’s needed, to prevent hunger through policies that target it at its roots, and to track our progress along the way through data and new tools to measure hunger in Minnesota.
Policy advocacy is an integral part of this model—this is why, working closely with our anti-hunger allies throughout the state, we will be seeking additional resources for the emergency food network and enhancements to critical hunger-reducing programs like SNAP in the upcoming legislative session.
Yet even while we work to make food more accessible, nutritious, and culturally relevant—including by investing directly in communities disproportionately impacted by food insecurity—we also want to reverse the trendline of need.
Reduce Hunger Policy Priorities
Demand for emergency food assistance is skyrocketing while state and federal support has fallen far short of the actual need. There are enough resources—and enough food—available to meet this moment; we need your voice to ensure that lawmakers make support for our neighbors experiencing hunger a priority.
MN Food Bank Program
This legislation would allocate 5 million dollars annually to Minnesota's six food banks.
1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver
This waiver allows for a 50% federal funding match on critical services investments including those related to housing and nutrition.
SNAP Outreach Grant Funding
This bill would restore funding for the state’s SNAP outreach grant program, helping to avoid a funding cliff at this crucial time of need for our neighbors.
Prevent Hunger Policy Priorities
Even while we work to reduce hunger today, we know that emergency food assistance cannot prevent people from experiencing hunger tomorrow. That is why we need to go further upstream and tackle the root causes of hunger if we want to end it altogether. Second Harvest Heartland recently launched the Nourish MN coalition alongside four other nonprofits working to make childcare, housing, and food more affordable and expand access to transit—because we know hunger rates will decrease over time as a result.
1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver
This waiver allows for a 50% federal funding match on critical services investments including those related to housing and nutrition.
Nourish MN
A coalition of nonprofit organizations committed to breaking down the silos of public policy.
SNAP Outreach Grant Funding
This bill would restore funding for the state’s SNAP outreach grant program, helping to avoid a funding cliff at this crucial time of need for our neighbors.
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