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End Hunger Connecticut!

Connecticut Foodshare

Bread for the World

Feeding America

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

Oxfam America

Poverty USA: Catholic Campaign for Human Development

The Hunger Site 

Rock and Wrap It Up!

Recommended Reading

 

Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement
by Janet Popendieck

The Betrayal of Work
by Beth Shulman

Nickel and Dimed
by Barbara Ehrenreich

Just Generosity
by Ronald Sider

The Working Poor
by David Shipler

One Nation Underprivileged
by Mark Rank

The Second Bill of Rights; FDR's Unfinished Revolution
by Cass Sustein

The State of Working America
(Updated every year by the Economic Policy Institute)

All You Can Eat
by Joel Berg

Meal Planning and Food Safety

Local Gardens That Provide Produce to Our SSKP Food Pantries

Estuary Council of Seniors- Meals on Wheels

220 Main St,
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
(860)388-1611

ALICE information (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed)
Alice: A Study of Financial Hardship in Connecticut

What States Provide Online With Respect to SNAP, TANF, Child Care Assistance, Medicaid, CHIP, and General Assistance

Local Social Service Agencies

Connecticut State Assistance

 

SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

CT Department of Social Services

 

2-1-1 Infoline

 

CT Energy Assistance Program

 

HUSKY: Healthcare for Uninsured Children

 

TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

 

Care4Kids: Child Care Assistance

 

Rental Assistance Program (RAP)

UniteCT Rental Assistance Program

Help for Veterans

AARP

New Haven Food Assistance English 2023

New Haven Food Assistance Spanish 2023

New London County Emergency Food Sites

Faith Communities

First Church of Christ, Congregational, Clinton

United Church of Chester

Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester

United Methodist Church, Clinton

First Congregational Church, Deep River

The First Baptist Church in Essex

St. John's Episcopal Church, Essex

Trinity Lutheran Church, Centerbrook

St John's Catholic Church Old Saybrook

Grace Episcopal Church, Old Saybrook

First Church of Christ in Saybrook (Congregational)

St. John's Episcopal Church, Niantic

Westbrook Congregational Church

First Congregational Church of Old Lyme

St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church, Westbrook

 

Town Websites

Chester

Clinton

Deep River

Essex

Killingworth

Lyme

Old Lyme

Old Saybrook

Westbrook

 

CT State Government

State Government Connecticut General Assembly

Governor's Office:  - 860-566-4840

 

 

Meal Planning Assistance:  

https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/nutrition-education/snap-ed-recipes

Ideas for cooking vegetables:  Download here.

How to Eat on $4.00 a Day  
http://www.leannebrown.ca/cookbooks/

Food Safety Links:

Food Allergy Network:  www.foodallergy.org
(This site provides common food allergy information, educational materials, and research information.)

Food Handler Inc.:  www.foodhandler.com/
(Offers free downloads including useful temperature charts, a newsletter, and flash demos of basic food safety training and monitoring programs.)

Food Management:  www.food-management.com/
(Provides easy to locate recipes, searchable material, an electronic newsletter, article archives, and upcoming events.)

Hand Washing for Life:  www.handwashingforlife.com
(A wealth of information on the many elements of clean hands focused on the food industry including a variety of training tools.)

The Partnership for Food Safety Education:  www.fightbac.org
(Provides food safety information on how to prevent spoilage and contamination of food products.)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration:  www.fda.gov
(Information regarding public health, food safety, food supply, inspection, news, and special interests.)

 

 

 

 

 

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SSKP is now able to do virtual educational programs for all ages.  Click here to see a worksheet from our program "Food Insecurity".  To arrange for a virtual program, contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 860-388-1988.

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