Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/06/17/congratulations-rep-gwen-moore-shining-light-efforts-stigmatize-poor/#.V2lnVvkrIdU By Deborah Weinstein June 17, 2016 Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) wants government to be even-handed. Her own state’s Governor Scott Walker would like to expand mandatory drug testing to participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/07/07/fact-week-1-6-households-struggled-food-hardship-2015/ By Melissa Roark, July 7, 2016 Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food for you or your family? Gallup put this question to nearly 118,000 households … Continued
From the People’s Emergency Center (http://www.pec-cares.org): We have made progress with ending homelessness, let’s not stop now. One key effort that helped is the leadership of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) and its “Opening Doors” strategy. Opening Doors … Continued
The Washington Post, July 11, 2016 According to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, 46 percent of child-care workers in 2015 were part of families enrolled in at least one safety net program like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance … Continued
From Hunger-Free Pennsylvania (http://www.hungerfreepa.org/): Join Hunger-Free Pennsylvania in urging the Pennsylvania Legislative Body to invest in SFPP which enables Pennsylvania’s charitable food providers to provide nutritious food to low-income families, children, seniors, and others threatened by hunger. PASS provides the … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): The Global Food Security Act (GFSA) passed both House (last week) and Senate (last night (4/20)! Oxfam applauds this because it places strong, bipartisan Congressional support behind global efforts to tackle food insecurity and malnutrition around … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/04/06/fact-week-lower-income-renters-spend-nearly-h=alf-income-rent/#.VwUiDfkrIdU By Lecia Imbery April 6, 2016 Housing costs traditionally eat up a large portion of most Americans’ budgets. But for lower-income renters, rising housing costs mean even less money is left over to cover everything else. According to new … Continued
Washington Post By Jared Bernstein March 28 Jared Bernstein, a former chief economist to Vice President Biden, is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and author of the new book ‘The Reconnection Agenda: Reuniting Growth and Prosperity.’ … Continued