Governor Announces Funding for Community Based Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention
October 29th, 2019
Governor Cuomo announced $12.9 million in federal funding for 16 non-profit organizations to promote healthy diets and active lifestyles among individuals and households eligible to receive or that are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The funds will be administered by the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. The following organizations were awarded funding:
- The Children’s Aid Society; $738,155
- City Harvest; $800,000
- Bronx Works; $689,706
- Common Threads; $799,864
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County; $800,000
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Allegany County; $300,000
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Erie County; $796,276
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Oneida County; $800,000
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Onondaga County; $800,000
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County; $800,000
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Steuben County; $794,094
- Cornell Cooperative Extension St. Lawrence County; $680,000
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Suffolk County; $800,000
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Wayne County; $799,897
- Food Bank for New York City; $800,000
- New York Common Pantry; $800,000