New Website for Florida Government Assistance

Website is for recipients of SNAP, TANF and Medicaid Floridians who get food, cash or health care assistance through the government now need to navigate a new website. The Florida Department of Children and Families is launching a new “My…

Florida Impact Hosts Agriculture Club

Florida Impact recently had the pleasure of hosting an agriculture club at Eccleston Elementary School! This program teaches elementary school students how to eat healthy and live well. During this session, we focused on healthy snacking…
WIC Emergency Day of Action

WIC Emergency Day of Action 11/2

Calling all Hunger Advocates! It’s time to raise our voices to protect the highly effective and successful WIC (Women, Infants, Children) program! Unless immediate action is taken by Congress in November, WIC will experience a funding…

Register for the 13th Annual Sunshine Summit to End Hunger!

We are pleased to announce the 13th Annual  Sunshine Summit to End Hunger, a one-day event presented by the Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger with partners Bread for the World and Florida Impact. This is an in-person conference on Friday,…

Afterschool Meal Participation Drops Significantly, According to FRAC Report

The Food Research & Action Center’s (FRAC) latest report shows that afterschool meal programs are struggling to meet the needs of children as pandemic era waivers have ended and as costs have skyrocketed. FRAC, the nation’s leading anti-hunger…

SNAP News: October Increase & 2024 Farm Bill

Millions of Americans rely on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, to extend their grocery budget in order to afford nutritious foods. As of October 1st, the program received a much-needed boost to meet the increased costs of…

Biden Administration Expands Community Eligibility Provision

On September 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it is expanding the availability of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). This new ruling provides an additional 3,000 school districts in high-need areas the…

Why We Love Farm to Fort ♥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XB6zg_KUJc We are wrapping up another successful year of Farm to School at Fort Braden School, or as we like to call it, Farm to Fort! Thanks to the amazing support from our partners and funding from the USDA's…

Meet Isabella! ✨ Intern Intros

Hi! My name is Isabella Escobar and I am one of the two interns with Florida Impact's Farm to Leon County Schools initiative — also referred to as "Farm to Fort" when working within the Fort Braden community. I am originally from Orlando…

Meet Kaley! ✨ Intern Intros

Kaley MacDonald joined the Florida Impact team in October 2022. She is currently studying Dietetics at Florida State University with a minor in Child Development. After she graduates this spring with her Bachelor's, she will…