The biennial budget analysis product is a core service provided by Appleseed researchers.

New data-driven policy brief from Hawaiʻi Appleseed aims to educate lawmakers on the true nature of the policy proposal contained in this 2024 bill.

Extending free meals to all public school students would cost about $25 million per year—about 1 percent of the DOE’s operating budget.

In a new report, Hawaiʻi Appleseed researchers demonstrate how chronically low wages have prevented Hawaiʻi’s working families from thriving, and outline the significant cost that poverty exacts from these families, from future generations, and from all of us.

Hawaiʻi sees first school meal reimbursement rate increase in 40 years.

Four Hawaiʻi nonprofits are jointly launching a new effort to end hunger in the state, thanks to new funding from MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, a leading national anti-hunger organization.

All through September, when you make a donation to the Nourishing Neighbors campaign at Safeway stores throughout Hawaiʻi, you’ll be helping more Hawaiʻi students start the day with a healthy breakfast.

On May 5, Kamaʻāina Kids will open 9 new sites, including one on Maui.

Suppers being served in Kalihi and new sites in ʻAiea and Honolulu.

Even fewer low-income children in Hawaiʻi are starting their day with a healthy school breakfast.

To effectively address senior hunger, policymakers need to adopt a holistic framework that understands the interplay between public health, economic justice and social capital.

The merger of these social justice organizations is meant to forge a stronger connection between data-driven policy and impacted communities.

The state is foregoing more than $600,000 per year in federal meal reimbursements as a result.

The more accurate Supplemental Poverty Measure ranks Hawaiʻi at 13th highest for poverty in the nation.

The 50-year advocate for the low-income community and founder of Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice will retire on August 31, 2019.

A national report released today shows Hawaiʻi has dropped to 43rd in the nation in providing free or reduced-price school lunches to keiki over the summer, but there is reason for optimism going forward.

New analysis sheds light on demographics of affected workers and effects on local economy.

Renters need to work a total of 143 hours a week at minimum wage to afford a two-bedroom apartment.

The state is foregoing more than $500,000 per year in federal meal reimbursements as a result.