Alabama Coalition Against Hunger
Dedicated to Ending Hunger and Malnutrition in Alabama
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Alabama Coalition Against Hunger Dedicated to Ending Hunger and Malnutrition in Alabama
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How We StartedSince its inception in 1976, the Alabama Coalition Against Hunger has worked to expand federal nutrition programs, and to provide community education, organization and advocacy for low-income recipients of federal nutrition and welfare programs. ACAH was instrumental in expanding participation in the Food Stamp Program and in instituting mail issuance of food stamps in Alabama. The Coalition took legal action against the Alabama Department of Public Health which resulted in expansion of the Women, Infants and Children Programs to all 67 counties in the state, and has provided state-wide community legal education through grants from the Legal Services Corporation of Alabama. ACAH played a significant role in saving the Alabama Medicaid Program in 1979 and has worked to expand Medicaid coverage for low-income pregnant women and Infants. In 1991, ACAH conducted the Alabama Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project in cooperation with the Connecticut Association for Human Services and the Food Research and Action Center.
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