Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI)

The pros of receiving federal or state grants and some private charitable foundation include providing free technical assistance. The federal grants encompass large funds that can support the mission of the CHC with access to a large network of multiple partners, resources and guidance (Stombaugh, 2016). The cons of receiving grants include; the complexity of the grant applications especially the federal types when compared to private foundations due to red tape. The drawback of grant funding is increased oversight and monitoring of how funds are spent and whether results achieved matched those promises (Stombaugh, 2016). Although private organization, community foundations provide smaller grants; they may have simplicity in process of grant applications for eligible applicants and they may provide technical assistance through hotline and

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The rate of childhood obesity in New Jersey remains high, and put children at risk of developing chronic diseases in adulthood. Children living in low-income communities are more vulnerable due to several factors influencing their food choices. Thus, through the Nutritiously Me program, The Rak Foundation for Nutritional Awareness (RFNA) envisions to produce a healthy dietary behavior change among low-income communities of New Jersey.

In the United States, there is a substantial number of children that live below the federal poverty line and even more that live below twice the poverty line (Jackson, 2014). According to Jackson (2014), poverty and food insecurity are undeniably related and these children living below the federal poverty line are at risk for varying negative effects, such as delayed cognitive development and medical problems, that hunger can cause. There is a variety of nutritional policies that help these children as well as adults who live in economically disadvantaged and food-insecure households such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (Jackson, 2014; Marx, Broussard, Hopper, & Worster, 2010). This program

1. A Categorical grant is a grant that passed by Congress that can only be spent on specific purposes. These grants are used mainly to aid state and local governments and are separated into two groups. Project grants are usually competed for by states while formula grants are given based on standardized formulas set by Congress.

Thank you for letting me know about the Mercy College Internship Grant. I appreciate the time you took to call me personally to inform me about this opportunity. I would definitely start working on the application from to have it done as soon as possible.

Their intake boosts the immune system providing protection against some common chronic disease. However, low-income mothers, infants, and children tend to have a low intake of these vital foods making them have a weaker immune system. Because of this, a subsidy to fruits and vegetable consumption is being used to encourage behavioral intake. Research collate introduction of subsidy in their foods to a voluntary habitual consumption of fruits and vegetables later in life (Herman, Harrison, Afifi, & Jenks, 2008). The study identifies the WIC program as the ideal context where the population can be educated on means to improve dietary quality while subsidizing nutrient-dense food. Primarily, this is because the program reaches more than half of all children born in the United States and nutritional education provided in this program has been shown to increase the level of fruits and vegetable

As the US national debt nears $20 trillion, government programs are being looked to be cut, one of those being the SNAP program. SNAP is a federal program which offers nutrition assistance to low income families, by use of food-stamps, while also providing economic benefits to communities (“Supplemental”). SNAP is the largest program in domestic hunger safety (“Supplemental”), the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) works with nutrition educators, faith based organizations, and neighborhood organizations to help those eligible for the SNAP program make informed decisions about applying (“Supplemental”). The FNS also works with the retail community and State partners to improve the program’s integrity and administration (“Supplemental”). The SNAP

I am in a position where I am having difficulty finding the resources I need to finish my degree. I took about a year off from working to take care of my chronically ill father. In addition, I have recently been through a divorce and have a three year old child that I’m supporting. My income is not where it needs to be to say the least. I am also in a position where I don’t have a lot of federal aid in loans left to pay for school. A scholarship would help me to stretch the last of my aid to pay for my education. I would be putting a scholarship to great use and it would allow me to focus more on my education and be the best that I can be. I know that I will get through school one way or the other and that I will give back to Cox and the city of Springfield for taking a chance on me and helping me with my education. Springfield is my home and I plan on working as nurse at Cox for many years to come. A scholarship granted to me would help me to become a nurse and would be served back to the community through the skills that I will have gained through my education. I would be very grateful to receive a scholarship and would make sure that any scholarship granted to me was not wasted. I made the dean’s list fall 2014 and have been keeping good grades. I hope that Cox will consider be as a good candidate to receive one because I have great passion, have a passion to

Did you know that 17% of Americans in rural areas live below the poverty line, and out of those 17%, 15 million of those individuals are children? (Hunger In America 2014). The month of September was Hunger Action month and many individuals helped raise awareness by taking the Food Stamp (SNAP) Challenge. This challenge consists of an individual living on the SNAP balance of a $6-7 per day budget for food. Many individuals came to the realization that this is a difficult budget, and does not meet the nutritional needs for a family.

“…among the food-insecure population, SNAP participation appears to buffer against poor dietary quality and obesity…” Their research highlights how SNAP can potentially play into helping at risk people obtain a healthy diet and weight status.

Formerly known as the Food Stamp Program (FSP), The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal nutrition-assistance program and exists to protect low-income Americans from hunger and its associated consequences by increasing access to food. Approximately 44 million people received SNAP benefits this year as of August of 2016.1 Due to the fact that low-income Americans tend to have problems with obesity and poor diet2,3, it would make sense that there would be interest to endorse healthy choices by means of federally nutrition assistance programs.4 However, there is insufficient evidence to require SNAP participants to spend a certain percentage of their benefits on healthy foods because food stamp participation may not contribute to poor diet quality, restrictions may not be effective in changing what food stamp participants purchase, and there is no solid evidence that exists that Food Stamp Program participation directly leads to obesity.

A grant from your committee will increasingly assist myself and my opportunity to attend NAU, where I will be working as well as attending school. With that in mind, if I was to receive a grant towards my education at NAU, I would be able to focus on my education and other on campus activities compared to working full time. Being one that has always worked while in school, being able to focus on my education more and my employment less would be fortunate for me, and will allow myself to fully engage in on campus activities, culture and other opportunities that other students who work full time may not have the good fortune to do so. With this grant I will be able to succeed as a first generation college student, where I can come home to my immediate family that higher education is not only a dream but a possibility and a likelihood as well; where if you work hard and ask for help, you eventually will be able to achieve the goal you have pursued long enough. Filling out this scholarship isn’t easy, because asking for help has never been the kind of thing I like to do. I’ve always powered through tough times, but between tuition, university and miscellaneous fees, as well as living expenses, parking permits, there will

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers food assistance programs that help provide food for low to no income families. It is their goal to increase food security and reduce hunger by increasing access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education for low-income Americans (Caswell, 2013, para. 1). Some of the current nutrition assistance programs include “the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)”(Caswell, 2013, para. 1). SNAP will be the primary nutrition assistance program of the paper at hand. No matter how morally good it is to try to help reduce hunger and increase food security within the United States, there are still many questions regarding issues with SNAP. This paper will be discussing why there is such a strong support for the program, how it helps the United States as a whole, problems with the program, and why some people are against SNAP.

Nutrition and weight status is a vitally important issue as obesity is on the rise in the United States. One third of children in this country ages 2-19 are either overweight or obese and this potentially sets them up to develop diabetes and other comorbidities during their lifetime (U.S. Task Force, 2010). It is important to promote health by way of consumption of healthy foods, getting adequate exercise and maintaining a healthy body weight and body image. The Let’s Move initiative, founded by First Lady Michelle Obama, approaches the obesity epidemic at a grassroots level and encourages children to eat healthy, get active and take actions towards a healthy lifestyle ("Let’s Move," n.d.).