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    The Alabama Coalition Against Hunger (ACAH) is a component of the Alabama Council on Human Relations.  Its mission is to end hunger by working to provide all Alabama residents, as a matter of right, guaranteed nutritious foods sufficient to promote health and general well-being.

    Since its inception in 1976, ACAH has worked to expand the availability of federal nutrition programs and to provide community education and advocacy for residents with low incomes.  It has been instrumental in expanding participation in the Food Stamp and School Breakfast programs in Alabama and expanding WIC to all 67 counties.  It has provided state-wide education through a variety of grants.  Current efforts of ACAH include:

School Breakfast Program Expansion Project -- A comprehensive communications campaign to foster implementation of the School Breakfast Program in every Alabama school that enrolls program-eligible students.

Garden Project -- A two-fold effort to recruit, teach, and equip gardeners to grow crops as an alternative food supply, an income source, and/or to help stock hunger- nutrition assistance programs. The Garden Project is a joint effort with the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service which provides educational literature.

Information Clearinghouse -- A general, ongoing campaign to serve as an information lifeline to children and families living with low-income. Even well-known programs such as Medicaid, WIC, and Food Stamps are under-utilized by some groups of citizens. ACAH works to better inform community leaders to help get the word out about these and other vital, often pivotal programs.

For more information contact

Alabama Coalition Against Hunger

3703 Rosa Parks Avenue

Montgomery, Alabama 36105

 

 

Phone:  334-262-0359

Fax:     334-264-5659

E-mail: earl.tarver@achr.com

 

 

 

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