Resources
Hunger Advocacy
Find Your Legislator
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
Online Resources
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
Connecticut State Assistance
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
CT Department of Social Services
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 and Food Safety
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.)
Educator Toolkits
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.