Tag Archive | food assistance

Survey seeks parent-driven priorities for improving food assistance and nutrition security

Apr10

Feeding MI Families seeks to elevate Michigan families’ experiences of food access and food assistance with the goal of developing parent-driven priorities for improving food assistance and nutrition security in our state. Parents can enroll in a text-message based survey about their experiences and receive $25. A sub-set of parents will participate in a more in depth interview, for which they will receive $50. To participate in English, parents can text FOOD to 734-366-4409. Envíe un mensaje de texto COMIDA a 734-550-4639 para comenzar o visitar FeedingMIFamilies.org/espanol.

MIFMA provides farmers market guidelines for P-EBT

Apr30

As part of the federal response to COVID-19 a program, P-EBT/Pandemic EBT will provide food assistance to Michigan families that participate in free or reduced lunches at school. The Michigan Farmers Market Association has released the following information to help farmers accept these benefits at farmers markets.

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And, here is information on the program for consumers:ebt