healthy food - NEW FINDINGS ON FOOD INSECURITY AND CHILDREN - SIBEJO

Much recent research links food insecurity with negative outcomes for children�s health, education, and other areas. Other research shows that programs like SNAP can have large and long-lasting benefits, especially when the benefits are received by mothers during pregnancy and by...

healthy food - FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE - SIBEJO

Nationally, one in six households reported they struggled to afford to buy food in the past 12 months, according to a new report. That�s down significantly from 2013 when nearly 1 in five households (18.9%) reported struggling to find food. In 31 states at least one in seven households...

healthy food - New report on summer food for children - SIBEJO

After three years of significant growth, national participation in the Summer Nutrition Programs plateaued last summer, according to the Food Research & Action Center�s annual Hunger Doesn�t Take a Vacation report (pdf) released today. During July 2015, the programs served...

healthy food - EVERY COUNTY IN AMERICA FACES HUNGER - SIBEJO

Despite an improved economy and lower national jobless rate since the recession, every single county in America is facing hunger, according to a new report. Americans living in the most remote and rural areas suffer many of the highest rates of food insecurity � and also pay more...

healthy food - TRENDS IN U.S. FOOD ASSISTANCE - SIBEJO

USDA�s annual look at food assistance programs shows the agency spent $104.1 billion in fiscal 2015 on its 15 domestic food and nutrition programs, about the same as in 2014. This was about 5% below the historical high of $109.2 billion set in FY 2013. SNAP accounted for 71% of all...