New Mexico Appleseed - Addressing Poverty and Root Causes
New Mexico Appleseed is a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating the root causes of poverty and effecting lasting change. They focus on issues such as hunger, homelessness, economic security, child maltreatment, and education. Through initiatives like addressing childhood hunger and closing the meal gap, they aim to create systemic change for long-term improvements in the community.
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What is New Mexico Appleseed? What is New Mexico Appleseed? New Mexico Appleseed is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, dedicated to attacking the root causes of poverty and cultivating broad, permanent change that prevents it. 2
New Mexico Appleseeds goal: New Mexico Appleseed s goal: New Mexico Appleseed s goal is to make systemic change that yields long-term improvement on issues like hunger, homelessness, family economic security, child maltreatment and education. 3
Addressing Childhood Hunger Addressing Childhood Hunger When schools were mandated to close in early 2020, Appleseed ensured over 200,000 kids ages zero to eighteen had access to USDA meals. Eliminate co-pays for school lunch, 2020 Lunch Shaming bill, 2017 Breakfast after the Bell, 2011 Expanding after-school meals
Closing the Meal Gap Closing the Meal Gap One Meal A Day Day One Meal A 1 2 3 4 5 Local Task Force On School Days After School Meals Weekends, Holidays, and School year vacations Fill in Gaps 1. SNAP/WIC 2. Food Banks 5
2022 2022- -2023 2023 Life After Waivers Life After Waivers 1 2 3 4 5 Summer Meals Gap Required Paperwork CACFP, Holiday & Weekend Gaps Shortened Summer / Longer Year Breakfast After the Bell 9
1, 2, 3 Eyes on Me 1, 2, 3 Eyes on Me 1, 2, 3 Eyes on Me is a collaborative, community- driven intervention to address the hundreds of thousands of New Mexico during COVID-19. 10
We know that child poverty We know that child poverty complex complex can be solved. can be solved. WE NEED YOU though though WE NEED YOU. . Help inform our work by sharing your experiences, concerns, and successes. We want to know things like: Where do you see opportunity to expand afterschool and weekend meals? Are you experiencing any barriers to school meal access for your student(s)? What has your experiences with school meals looked like over the last year? 11
Contact Information Contact Information Daniel Valverde Director of Strategy NM Appleseed dvalverde@nmappleseed.org Rosalie Nava Director of Equity and Community Empowerment NM Appleseed rnava@nmappleseed.org (505) 216-8533 Meghan Mead Director of Law and Poverty NM Appleseed mmead@nmappleseed.org 12
