Tag Archives: food insecurity

President Can Take Immediate Action to Help Eliminate Child Hunger in U.S.

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

Center for American Progress, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/report/2013/02/04/51178/how-president-obama-can-reverse-americas-worsening-hunger-metrics/, February 4, 2013 President Obama pledged in 2008 to end childhood hunger by 2015, yet “we are no closer to meeting his goal…than we were four years ago,” writes Joel Berg, Senior Fellow at the … Continue reading →

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New Brief from FRAC Explores Research on Critical Role SNAP Plays in Improving Health

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): SNAP and Public Health: The Role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Improving the Health and Well-Being of Americans, a new brief from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), walks … Continue reading →

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Sign Petition Telling Congress “Be Careful What You Cut”

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

From the Children’s Defense Fund (http://www.childrensdefense.org): The U.S. Census Bureau released new data that show poverty remains at record high levels. More than one in five children—16.1 million—were poor in 2011. Today, one in five children live in a food insecure … Continue reading →

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New Polling Data from FRAC Reveal Overwhelming Support for Food Stamps, Opposition to Cutting the Program

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): New USDA Data Show One in Six Americans in Households Struggling Against Hunger Washington, D.C. – September 5, 2012 – New polling data (http://frac.org/pdf/polling_data_snap_sep2012.pdf) by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) … Continue reading →

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Support SNAP During Congress Recess

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Here’s what you can do as an anti-hunger advocate while Congress is in recess: Ask House Members to cosponsor H.Res. 760, the Sense of the House Resolution opposing SNAP cuts.  The Resolution … Continue reading →

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During Time of Growing Food Insecurity, Congress Considers Cuts to Food Assistance Programs

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): (Science Blogs, The Pump Handle, July 13, 2012) While the need for food assistance is rising, notes this blog post, Congress is considering cuts to SNAP.  From April 2011 to April 2012, … Continue reading →

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Is Poverty a Death Sentence?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

By Senator Bernie Sanders Posted: 9/13/11 03:39 PM ET   The crisis of poverty in America is one of the great moral and economic issues facing our country. It is very rarely talked about in the mainstream media. It gets … Continue reading →

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New Data Show 12.5 Percent of Pennsylvania Households Struggling with Hunger

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center (http://www.pahunger.org/):   PA Hunger Action Urges Congress to Protect Federal Nutrition Programs during Deficit Negotiations   1 in 8 households in Pennsylvania struggled with hunger on average in the years 2008-2010, according to new … Continue reading →

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Changing SNAP/Food Stamp Program to Block Grants Will Cut Benefits and Decrease Participant Nutrition Quality

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org):   The budget bill passed last month by House Republicans would cut the SNAP/Food Stamp Program and turn it into a block grant program. Food security experts see two scenarios to these … Continue reading →

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President’s FY 2012 Budget Proposal Includes Restoration of SNAP Cuts

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org):   Washington, D.C. – February 14, 2011 – The budget released by President Barack Obama today provides strong support for the federal nutrition programs and the anticipated growth in those programs – … Continue reading →

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