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The bill is one of hundreds at risk of dying if senators cannot reach a quorum soon. Organizers said Oregonians cant wait for food security.

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Oregonians who have experienced food insecurity are pushing the state to ensure everyone has access to federal food assistance. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is the largest food aid program in the country but people who are undocumented are not allowed to apply for it. Janet Orozco Ortiz, a community health worker in Nehalem Bay, said her family was not able to afford enough food when she was growing up and couldnt access SNAP. ...

Legislation in Salem would extend food assistance to Oregonians in immigrant communities. Federal law excludes people who are undocumented from programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the countrys largest food-assistance plan. Aldo Solano, strategic partnerships manager with Oregon Food Bank, is a DACA recipient and has personal experience with this exclusion. ...

Dozens of advocates brought their personal tales of hunger to a state Senate committee hearing this week in hopes of persuading lawmakers to support proposals to give food aid to low-income residents who are excluded from federal benefits.

Two legislative proposals would provide state food assistance to low-income immigrants who are excluded from federal benefits.

The bill would provide food assistance to some 62,000 Oregonians who are ineligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

By Russell Lackey and Trisha Wheelock for Faith & Leadership via The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Iowa News Service reporting for The Daily Yonder-Public News Service Collaboration In the 1960s sitcom "Green Acres," wealthy New Yorkers leave the city for rural life. As the shows twangy theme song says, "Farm living is the life for me." Its a funny, lighthearted show - but in reality, many farmers lives are far from idyllic. In January ...

By Liz Carey for The Daily Yonder. Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for North Carolina News Service, reporting for The Daily Yonder-Public News Service Collaboration. Rural hospitals, already struggling with financial strains due to COVID-19, face an even more significant threat, experts say: the workforce shortage. ...