Become a Hunger-Relief Advocate

Join us in our support of federal legislation that will undoubtedly improve the lives of people in Larimer County who face food insecurity.

From the local to the national level, public policies specifically aim to alleviate poverty and the burdens faced by food insecure families around the country. However, manyof these policies have shortcomings or limitations.

Feeding America’s Policy & Benefits research explores how well public benefit and charitable programs work to support families in poverty, as well as the kinds of coping strategies that families exercise to manage their resource constraints.

Visit the Feeding America Policy & Benefits Research website so you can read detailed articles on current legislation that matter to food banks and other organizations that focus on supporting and assisting people experiencing food insecurity. 

Relevant topics include:

• Budget & Taxes
• Farm Bill
• The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAB)
• The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• Federal Food Assistance Programs
• Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CN

Feeding Colorado is an association of the five Feeding America food banks serving all of Colorado and Wyoming. These food banks collaborate and leverage their combined strengths to reach people in every county, every day.

Member food banks include:

• Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado,
• Community Food Share,
• Food Bank for Larimer County,
• Food Bank of the Rockies, and
• Weld Food Bank.

Feeding Colorado’s policy agenda is tied to our mission to support people who experience food insecurity. The policy agenda is driven by information from neighbors who experience hunger and is therefore supported with data and analysis. These policies are bipartisan and are focused on the areas in which our involvement will have the most impact, and coordinated with other coalitions and organizations to determine what unique voice we may bring to an issue.

• Protect and Strengthen Programs that Fight Hunger
• Support Organizations that Serve People Facing Hunger
• Reduce the Number of People Needing Food Assistance
• Encourage a Strong Nonprofit Sector

We want all people of Larimer County to thrive and be successful.

With this in mind, one of the most effective ways to achieve a hunger-free Larimer County is through thoughtful and effective public policy. In order for effective public that reflects the needs of all to occur, every person eligible to vote should do so.

WHY VOTE?

Voting is important because:

• Your voice matters.
• The people who are elected consequently impact every part of our lives, whether that’s the speed limit on the road, you or your child’s education, how much in taxes you pay, etc.
• It presents opportunity so that various perspectives in communities to be represented.

U.S. Voting Eligibility:

• You are a United States citizen.
• You are a resident of the State and of the county where you are trying to vote.
• You are 18 years old (you can register to vote if you are at least 17 years and 10 months old and will be 18 on Election Day).
• You registered before the deadline.
• If you have been finally convicted of a felony you can vote (you should check if you are still registered if you have not voted since you were convicted):
• does not include deferred adjudication
• you must have fully completed your sentence
• you cannot be on parole, supervision, or probation
• your case cannot be on appeal. You should re-register to vote
• You have not been declared by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.

Register to Vote:

Click here to view voter registration information in the State of Colorado.