CDHS will start loading full November payments onto EBT cards and SNAP participants will begin to see payments on their cards as early as Nov. 13th. All SNAP participants can expect their full payments to be available over the next few days. Please go to cdhs.colorado.gov/snap for more information.

🍏VICTORY! With resounding enthusiasm, Colorado once again voted in favor of every Colorado child having access to a healthy school meal by voting yes on Propositions LL and MM!!! COLORADO - Together we are going to #KeepKidsFed!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Colorado State Capitol today to get out the vote in support of Propositions LL and MM! Make your plan to get out and #vote by 7pm TOMORROW!

Tell your members of Congress to demand action from USDA: Do not delay or reduce SNAP benefits. Use every tool available to protect the 40 million people who rely on this program. TAKE ACTION HERE: bit.ly/fundSNAPnow

🛑 USDA has informed states they can’t issue Nov. SNAP benefits while the government is shutdown, so Nov. benefits are currently on hold. 🚨 The federal Administration should fulfill its obligation to feed families and use its SNAP contingency reserves. 📢 Learn more: bit.ly/co_snapupdates

🍅➡🏫Celebrate National School Lunch Week and National Farm to School Month by voting YES on Propositions LL and MM in the Colorado Election on November 4th! To learn more about these propostions, how they #KeepKidsFed AND support Colorado farmers and ranchers, go to YesonLLandMM.com

On November 4th, Colorado voters can make sure every student has access to healthy school meals by supporting two essential ballot measures: Propositions LL and MM. Pledge to vote YES on LL and MM by going to bit.ly/voteyesLLMM #keepkidsfed

For 30 years, the Food Security Report has revealed the reality of hunger in America. Now, on the heels of historic cuts to SNAP, USDA wants to end it. Ending this report won’t erase hunger, it only erases the truth. 📢 Tell Congress to reinstate the Food Security Report at bit.ly/EndHungerNotData

Hunger Free Colorado, Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger, and Nourish Colorado are disappointed in the USDA’s approval of CO’s waiver request to restrict the purchase of sweetened beverages with SNAP benefits. Read our full statement on why here: bit.ly/protectSNAPchoice

Join us tomorrow in west Denver for the Westside Walk to End Hunger! Registration is free at walktoendhunger.com

YOU'RE INVITED! The Westside Walk to End Hunger is on August 2nd. Register at walktoendhunger.com.

The Westside Walk to End Hunger is on August 2nd! Register at walktoendhunger.com.

🚨🚨URGENT! TAKE ACTION NOW: bit.ly/sayno2snapcuts Tell your Representatives: Reject any bill that cuts SNAP or other basic needs programs. Protect our communities, not tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy! #ProtectSNAP #EndHunger #SNAPMatters #HungerFreeColorado #FoodSecurity #SaveSNAP

Hunger Free Colorado & Denver Inner City Parish are co-hosting the Westside Walk to End Hunger on Saturday, Aug 2! Walk, fundraise, donate, & join us in the fight to end hunger. Register* at walktoendhunger.com. (* free but encouraged to receive food ticket & giveaway entries) #WalkToEndHungerCO

Hunger Free Colorado strongly opposes this legislation & any policy that punishes people for experiencing economic hardship. We urge you to call on Congress to reject these harmful cuts: Send an email to your reps: bit.ly/protectSNAP2025 Find & call your reps: usa.gov/elected-officials #SNAPmatters

Our Senior Public Policy Manager, Carmen Mooradian, spoke with CPR about the devastating impacts of proposed cuts to SNAP & what we’re doing in D.C. to fight back. Tonight, Congress will debate a bill that could bring the biggest overhaul to SNAP in decades. Take action NOW: bit.ly/protectSNAP2025

New York has just become the 9th state to pass a Healthy School Meals for All policy! Momentum is building across the country for offering school meals to ALL students at no charge. We need every child, in every state, healthy and ready to learn. #HungryKidsCantWait #SchoolMeals4All #Meals4AllNY

¡MUY BUENAS NOTICIAS La legislatura de Colorado acaban de aprobar la ley HB25-1274, que enviará dos medidas a los votantes este otoño para mantener los fondos existentes del Programa de Comidas Escolares Saludables para Todos (HSMA, en inglés).

EXCITING NEWS! Colorado lawmakers just passed HB 25-1274, which will send two measures to voters this fall to maintain existing funding for the Healthy School Meals for All Program (HSMA)!

Tens of millions of people rely on SNAP to put food on the table. Proposed cuts to SNAP would make it harder for kids, veterans, older adults, and people with disabilities to get the nutrition they need. Tell Congress #SNAPMatters: bit.ly/protectSNAP2025

“By continuing to support Healthy School Meals for All Colorado communities are investing in the health, education, and future of our children and strengthening our local economy,” says Vanessa Skean with the Pagosa Daily Post. Check out the full article: pagosadailypost.com/2025/04/30/h...

Republican proposals to expand #SNAP 's harsh work requirements could cut food assistance for nearly 11M people in low-income households, including families with children, despite claims to the contrary. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

@publicnewsservice.bsky.social just put out a piece affirming how Healthy School Meals for All benefits kids, farmers and our local economies. Check it out & speak out to get the bill passed and get this important question to the voters this fall. Read: www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-04-30/h...

We know, and a recent piece in the Longmont Leader makes it clear, that that Healthy School Meals for All is good for kids, communities & our local economies. The program simultaneously saves families money AND directs money to CO farmers & ranchers from distribution and sales to school districts.

🚨Federal Update! Here are two ways you can take action and urge Congress to reject cuts to SNAP: Send an email to your legislators: bit.ly/protectSNAP2025 Send a handwritten letter that we will deliver while we’re in D.C.!*: bit.ly/snapletters *deadline by April 30th

Community organizer, Erika Cervantes knows school meals are a critical component of addressing racial justice & income disparities.

As a first generation farmer and CEO of Hearty Provisions, Roberto Meza has seen firsthand how Healthy School Meals for All uplifts our state’s agricultural producers.

‼️EXCITING NEWS! HB1274 passed the Senate Finance committee on a 6-3 vote! A big thank you to our Senate sponsor Senator Dafna Michaelson Jenet & everyone who showed support! Next stop: Senate Appropriations. Keep speaking out with us to pass this important bill and keep kids fed: bit.ly/keepkidsfed

Pediatrician Dr. Sandra Stenmark knows the impact hunger has on children’s health. That’s why she is speaking out in the Grand Junction Sentinel to support Healthy School Meals for All.

EXCITING NEWS! HB 25-1274 just passed out of the House. Big thank you to our sponsor, Rep. Lorena Garcia and every member of the House who helped to advance this important legislation to create a path to fully fund Healthy School Meals for All!

Passionate about working alongside community to drive policy change to end hunger? Hunger Free Colorado is hiring a Senior Public Policy Manager to lead strategic advocacy efforts to protect and strengthen nutrition programs and shape a more equitable food system. Join us: bit.ly/42hQptU

Our Lead Organizer, Brizai, joined our partners @hungerfree.bsky.social to testify in support of Healthy School Meals for All last week. We need to fully fund this successful program that provides 60,000+ meals to our kids every day.

Thrilled to join @hungerfree.bsky.social's Anya Rose and @savethechildren.org's Ana Bustamante and Rachelle Todea to help advocates speak out in local papers to show their support for Healthy School Meals for All. VIDEO: www.facebook.com/HungerFreeCo.... Together, we can #KeepKidsFed! #Momsky

🥗 writing letters to the editor is fun!

"Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All program has been shown to save families about $1,300 per year per child." Colorado House Bill 25-1274 would ensure long-term stability and full funding of this program. 👏👏👏

Local educator at Denver South High School, Pablo Rivera, is speaking out in support of House Bill 25-1274: “This legislation would make sure this program is fully funded to keep kids fed."

We are grateful to work with farmers like Roberto Meza and fantastic partners like Hearty Provisions and Metro Caring to make sure we can keep kids fed! YOU can speak out in your local papers to help fully fund Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All program - info here: bit.ly/HFCandSCANto....

🚨Show your support for Healthy School Meals for All TODAY! ➡ bit.ly/keepkidsfed #keepkidsfed

YOU can help #KeepKidsFed by writing a letter to local papers. Check out our virtual training in partnership with @savethechildren.org to learn more. LTEs (letter to the editor) are a simple, but powerful activist tool to support Healthy School Meals for All! VIDEO: www.facebook.com/HungerFreeCo....

Don't forget to join Hunger Free Colorado & our friends from @savethechildren.org TODAY for a livestream to learn how YOU can speak out in local papers to to keep kids fed by fully funding Colorado's Healthy School Meals for All program!! Hop over to Facebook.com/HungerFreeColorado at 10:30 MT.

JOIN US 4/14 to hear more about Healthy School Meals for All & how YOU can help by sending letters to local papers. Hop on to our virtual training featuring Hunger Free Colorado's Anya Rose & Morgan Meneses-Sheets and @savethechildren.org's Ana Bustamante & Rachelle Todea. YOU can help #KeepKidsFed!

Please contact your State Representative and urge them to support a budget amendment that will restore SNAP Outreach funding! bit.ly/protectCOSNAP

Nieves Aragon knows first-hand how Healthy School Meals for All is making a difference for families across CO: “HSMA provides more than 600,000 free meals to students each day. Many of those kids would be hungry & struggle at school if they did not have this critical support.” We must #keepkidsfed!

Earlier, we updated you around a proposed cut to SNAP Outreach & urged you to contact your Senator to support an amendment. We’re excited to share that the amendment passed the Senate! Thank you to the legislators who defended SNAP Outreach. Thank your Senator directly here: bit.ly/SNAPsenateTY

The CO legislature is considering a $500,000 reduction in state funding for SNAP Outreach. SNAP is a lifeline for over 600,000 Coloradans, alleviating hunger, promoting health, &boosting local economies. We can't afford to lose this essential support! TAKE ACTION NOW: bit.ly/protectCOSNAP

Lobby day with CSPC 🍏 Working together to #KeepKidsFed! ✊

Food to Power's Patience Kabwasa is speaking out in The Gazette to make it clear that Healthy School Meals for All is an investment in Colorado's future with returns that will benefit generations to come! Read: gazette.com/opinion/gues.... #KeepKidsFed

"There’s no excuse that there's even hunger in this country in the first place—it’s a political decision." Colleen breaks down why Congress must do better and protect SNAP in her #SNAPChallenge25 video. youtu.be/Lu8dRj2vcBI

Hunger Free Colorado was thrilled to join other economic justice advocates at the Capitol today for the All Families Deserve a Chance Coalition lobby day! We spoke to legislators about bills that support healthcare access, economic justice, and food security, including HB25-1274 to #keepkidsfed!