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Marlon Baker

New La County Report Details Food Insecurity Trends In Region 724 483 Los Angeles County

New La County Report Details Food Insecurity Trends In Region

President Biden this spring signed the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus to support the country’s recovery efforts from the pandemic and provide direct relief to residents…

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FEELING THE HEAT: Who’s Most Vulnerable in L.A. 1024 683 Los Angeles County

FEELING THE HEAT: Who’s Most Vulnerable in L.A.

This week the Chief Sustainability Office issued a data-rich study about which L.A. neighborhoods are most vulnerable to 5 severe climate hazards — both today and by 2050. Here, Alison…

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Congress Extends WIC Benefit Bump to Invest in Healthy Start for Kids 1024 731 Los Angeles County

Congress Extends WIC Benefit Bump to Invest in Healthy Start for Kids

As reported on National WIC Association, on September 30th, 2021, both chambers of Congress approved the Continuing Resolution (CR). The continuing resolution includes a provision to extend the American Rescue…

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LIBRE partners to create a ‘no-wrong-door’ network for people to receive assistance with public benefits programs in Los Angeles 1024 683 Los Angeles County

LIBRE partners to create a ‘no-wrong-door’ network for people to receive assistance with public benefits programs in Los Angeles

LIBRE is a network of providers who meet immigrants and workers where they are, to achieve community-based public benefits enrollment. The LIBRE project is a budding collaboration between benefits enrollers,…

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Los Angeles Invests $2 Million into SNAP Incentives Fund, making access to fresh fruits and vegetables a lot more reliable. 1024 683 Los Angeles County

Los Angeles Invests $2 Million into SNAP Incentives Fund, making access to fresh fruits and vegetables a lot more reliable.

Access to fresh fruits and vegetables just got a whole lot more reliable in Los Angeles with the Board of Supervisors approving of a $2 million boost to the county…

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Los Angeles Food Policy Council Launches Multiple Initiatives to Support Good Food Policy in the region. 1024 343 Los Angeles County

Los Angeles Food Policy Council Launches Multiple Initiatives to Support Good Food Policy in the region.

Improving CalFresh: LA Food Policy Council (LAFPC) will be launching a comprehensive report (2019-2021) on community-led changes to improve CalFresh. A listening tour with over 400 community members across the…

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Every day, Food Forward recovers and distributes enough produce to meet the five-a-day fruit and vegetable needs of 150,000-160,000 people 1024 804 Los Angeles County

Every day, Food Forward recovers and distributes enough produce to meet the five-a-day fruit and vegetable needs of 150,000-160,000 people

Food Forward is an innovative food recovery organization working to fight hunger,share abundance, and prevent food waste in Southern California and beyond by rescuing and distributing fresh fruits and vegetables…

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Not your grandmother’s infrastructure 1024 576 Los Angeles County

Not your grandmother’s infrastructure

Remember those hot days last Labor Day weekend?  Who could forget!   Those hot, hot days led to electricity service disruptions across the state right when we were relying on electricity…

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Alumni Association’s D’Artagnan Scorza on how to address workplace racism 817 464 Los Angeles County

Alumni Association’s D’Artagnan Scorza on how to address workplace racism
Dr. Scorza will participate in the UC Alumni Career Network’s April 19 event on navigating racism in career advancement. read more
Black students in 14 L.A. County school districts face serious equity barriers, study finds 817 464 Los Angeles County

Black students in 14 L.A. County school districts face serious equity barriers, study finds
Black students in Los Angeles County continue to face a multitude of barriers to an equitable education, including concentrated poverty, high suspension rates and housing insecurity, a UCLA report released Wednesday found. read more
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