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Fact Sheet: Hunger and Poverty in the Military Community
July 20, 2018
About 23,000 active duty personnel received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, previously food stamps) in 2013, the latest year for which statistics are available. ...
The Impacts of Proposed Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Cuts on the Latino Community
June 1, 2018
To end hunger and poverty in the United States by 2030, our country needs to support a budget that improves the lives of men, women, and children.
Unfortunately, the Trump administration and Congress are...
The Impacts of Proposed Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Cuts on the Latino Community
June 1, 2018
To end hunger and poverty in the United States by 2030, our country needs to support a budget that improves the lives of men, women, and children.
Unfortunately, the Trump administration and Congress are...
The Impacts of Proposed Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Cuts on the African-American Community
May 15, 2018
The Trump administration and Congress are proposing cuts that would hit the African-American community particularly hard.
Racial Wealth Gap Learning Simulation
May 4, 2018
Fact Sheet: Get the Facts About SNAP
April 30, 2018
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) served more than 41 million Americans in 2017 (as of December 2017). Enrollment in the program almost doubled in the wake of the recession...
International Food Aid Reform
April 25, 2018
Since Food for Peace—the largest food aid program—began in the 1950s, approximately 3 billion people in 150 countries have benefited from American generosity and compassion. In fiscal year 2015, U.S. government food...
Feed the Future
April 23, 2018
Feed the Future, launched in 2010, grew out of the U.S. response, led by President George W. Bush, to the 2007-2008 global food price crisis. Prices of basic foods doubled or tripled in some countries and pushed an...
The Face of Famine in South Sudan: A Call to Bridge the Humanitarian-Development-Diplomacy Divide
April 16, 2018
In 2017, famine and near-famine conditions were reported in four countries: South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, and parts of northeastern Nigeria. About 20 million people in these countries were at risk of starvation. A...
The Jobs Challenge
April 10, 2018
The 2018 Hunger Report explores why millions of American workers and their families are hungry and poor — and how government policies can change this.