Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) on Childhood Hunger

The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) just released a new report setting out seven strategies essential for the nation to meet President Obama's goal of ending childhood hunger by 2015. 

The report calls for the nation to:

• Restore economic growth and create jobs with better wages for lower-income workers
• Raise the incomes of the lowest-income families
• Strengthen the SNAP/Food Stamp Program
• Strengthen the Child Nutrition Programs
• Engage the entire federal government in ending childhood hunger
• Work with states, localities and nonprofits to expand and improve participation in federal nutrition programs
• Make sure all families have convenient access to reasonably priced, healthy food

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Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 9:27 AM - Categories: Press Releases

Safety Net: new from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

In a new article written by Arloc Sherman:

As mounting job losses threaten to push more Americans into poverty and make poor families still poorer, a new examination of the public benefits system finds that it is more effective in reducing poverty than previously known but has become less effective over the past decade in protecting Americans from deep poverty.

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Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 9:19 AM - Categories: Press Releases