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Action: Ask City Council To Legislate So People In Need Won't
Have To Reapply For Benefits.
A happy New Year's Day
is not anticipated by the 38,000 families in New York City who
will be cut off TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families)
on December 31st of this year, as they reach the end of the
arbitrary five-year time limit.
In 1997, the state legislature specifically
created the Safety Net Non-Cash program so that the impact of
the federal TANF time limits would not be unduly harsh.
But the Human Resources Administration has indicated that
people will have to reapply, from scratch, for
assistance. By having to reapply for these benefits,
many low-income people will experience a cruel interruption in
assistance, or possibly be denied benefits altogether as they
face the arduous application process once more.
We are asking you to call City Council Speaker
Peter Vallone at 212-788-7210, and
City Council member Stephen DiBrienza at 212-788-6969,
and urge them to enact legislation to ensure that low-income
New Yorkers do not have to reapply for benefits and will be
guaranteed a smooth transition after their TANF time limit
runs out. IVAH
Issues a Menu for Meaningful Change: The New York City Food
Stamp MannaFesto.
At IVAH, we believe
that the federal Food Stamp Program helps. We believe
that the Food Stamp Program is our government's most effective
response to the hunger crisis.
We also believe that the Food Stamp Program is
deeply flawed.
That's why we have issued the New York
City Food Stamp MannaFesto: It is a call for critical
changes in the Food Stamp Program -- so that all people who
worry about where their next meal will come from will benefit
from food stamps. We believe that increased and
simplified access to food stamps, coupled with administration
that is mindful of human dignity, will help move people off
the breadlines and beyond the soup kitchens.
In addition to outlining four major steps that
must be taken to improve the Food Stamp Program, the MannaFesto
breaks down what can happen at each level of government, so
you know who to contact to bring about change.
For copies of the MannaFesto and further
information, please call Rosie Schaap at 212-825-0028, ext.
202, or send email to rschaap@nyccah.org. Vote
Against Hunger! IVAH Brings Voter Registration to
Emergency Food Programs.
The next two years will
bring major changes to city and state government. It is
crucial that hungry New Yorkers have a strong voice in the
upcoming elections -- and that their interests are
represented. NYCCAH (New York City Coalition Against
Hunger) has joined the People United Voter Registration
Campaign ~a project directed by Gabriel Torres-Rivera of
the Community Service Society~ to set up voter registration
tables at soup kitchens, food pantries, and other emergency
food programs throughout the city.
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