Albany, NY -- Governor Andrew Cuomo stated his commitment to make sure that no child in New York goes to bed hungry in his annual State of the State address earlier this month. In addition, he made a commitment to increase participation in the Food Stamp Program. Today, he followed through on this commitment by increasing the state's investment in food stamp outreach in his FY 2012-2013 budget proposal.
"We commend Governor Cuomo for his increased investment in food stamp outreach and we are eager to work with him to achieve his goal," said Linda Phelan Bopp. Bopp is executive director of Hunger Solutions New York, a statewide organization that manages the state and federally-funded Nutrition Outreach and Education Program (NOEP). NOEP funding was increased by $1 million in the governor's budget which will enable the food stamp outreach program to nearly double its efforts across New York State.
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