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El Paso Community Foundation SNAP Relief Fund
El Paso Community Foundation has activated its Community Debit Card Program to provide direct support for those most affected by recent disruptions to SNAP benefits. The Foundation is investing to distribute prepaid debit cards through trusted nonprofit partners, ensuring that food and essential items reach those in need as quickly as possible.

Texas Center for Local Food
The Texas Center for Local Food is a non-profit organization developing healthy local food systems by providing education and technical assistance to support rural economic vitality based on Texas agriculture.

One of the Most Effective Programs to Reduce Child Hunger Is Caught in DOGE Limbo
“Children will go hungry. And they don’t have to,” says Dr. Jeremy Everett, Executive Director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger & Poverty.

Food Security: Hunger Data from Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
Find child nutrition statistics by Texas county through the Hunger Data Lab Data Dashboards, which exist to make data accessible and understandable for use by communities, practitioners, advocates, policy makers, and researchers.

Technical Assisstance: Keeping Texas Children Fed
The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty's free online Technical Assistance Handbook and companion training video series will guide you through the planning stages all the way to implementing and operating your mailed meal box program.

Texas Farmers Face Mounting Expenses as Droughts Worsen
Rising temperatures intensify drought and increase costs for the heavily subsidized crop insurance program.

Texas Passes on $450 Million Summer Lunch Program for Low-Income Families
The USDA estimates the families of 3.8 million children could have received $120 per child to cover summer lunches if the state participated in the new $2.5 billion program launching this summer. Texas is one of 15 states opting out.

Senior Food Security: Texas Panhandle Resources
The Mary E. Bivins Foundation created this resource on hunger and food insecurity among older adults living in the Texas Panhandle to find resources by county, including congregate meals, food pantries, and home-delivered meals.

Map the Meal Gap
Feeding America has produces Map the Meal Gap and provides estimates of local food insecurity and food costs to improve the understanding of people and places facing hunger and inform decisions that will help ensure equitable access to nutritious food for all.

Partnership Opportunities – Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty is excited to offer multiple partnership opportunities to foundation partners.

Socially Disadvantaged Farmers & Ranchers Access to Capital Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to assist practitioners working in agriculture and economic development in learning more about the range of finance tools available to assist underserved farmers and ranchers with obtaining capital to start and grow their businesses.

Marfa Students Cultivate Vertical Farming Skills with Classroom Lessons, Village Farms Tour
Marfa students are immersing themselves in the world of vertical farming, blending classroom instruction with firsthand experiences on village farms.

Baylor Collaborative for Hunger and Poverty
The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty employs strategies to end hunger that take into account proximity, the dignity of all people, and the need to test new strategies for old problems.

Texan by Nature
Texan by Nature (TxN) exists to advance conservation that is beneficial to people, prosperity, and natural resources. TxN partners deeply with conservation groups and business, acting as an accelerator for conservation groups and a strategic partner for business.

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Interim Report
The Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Interim Report covers a wide range of topics and recommendations that address water issues the state faces. Interim charges 1-4 and 9 are focused on water.
