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The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship, a project of the Congressional Hunger Center, is a unique leadership development opportunity for motivated individuals seeking to make a difference in the struggle to eliminate hunger and poverty.
Each year 20 participants are selected for this eleven-month program. Fellows are placed for half their term of service with urban and rural community-based organizations all over the country involved in fighting hunger at the local level, such as grass roots organizing groups, food banks, economic development agencies, local advocacy groups and faith-based organizations. They then move to Washington, DC to complete the year with national organizations involved in the anti-hunger and poverty movement, including national advocacy organizations, think tanks, and federal agencies. Through this unique program, the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program develops effective leaders with a deep understanding of hunger and poverty at both the local and national level that enables them to find innovative solutions and create the political will to end hunger.
Please see Fellow Profiles at left to learn more about the work our current Fellows are doing. If you would like to apply for the fellowship, please see Application information and FAQ for instructions.
CHC has received a generous $250,000 grant from the ConAgra Foods Foundation to support the Child Hunger Initiative on Learning and Development (CHILD) Project. This initiative will fund four field and four policy placements (8 projects total) from the 16th class of Emerson National Hunger Fellows. The CHILD Project will reduce hunger for vulnerable children by increasing access to and improving the nutritional quality of foods provided in the federal child nutrition programs (i.e., school breakfast and lunch, summer food, daycare food programs) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program.
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