The elderly make up 4% of Long Island’s hungry population.
SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE’S PROPOSAL TO CUT HUMAN SERVICES TO FILL a $140-180 MILLION BUDGET GAP HAS TO BE CONSIDERED CAREFULLY BEFORE THOSE IN NEED GET HURT By now most if not all the residents of Suffolk County know that the County is in fiscal destress, and County Executive Steve Bellone and the County […]
Read MoreAs I reported in my August, 2016 column in the HIA-LI Reporter, a new report published by Feeding America, the national hunger relief organization representing 197 food banks across the country describes a 27.2% increase in the estimated number of Long Island children experiencing food insecurity. The recent report entitled, Map the Meal Gap 2016: […]
Read MoreA new report published by Feeding America, the national hunger relief organization representing 194 food banks across the country describes a 27.2% increase in the estimated number of Long Island children experiencing food insecurity. The recent report entitled, Map the Meal Gap 2016: Child Food Insecurity in New York by County in 2014 reports […]
Read MoreLong Island Cares, Inc., The Harry Chapin Food Bank recently issued a total of $64,680 in small grants to support operational and capital expenditures to fifty-three local food pantries, soup kitchens and other emergency food programs that contract with the regional food bank. The grants represent the first round of approximately $200,000 in funding from […]
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