The charitable response to hunger represents a significant part of our hunger safety net in the United States. Many churches, synagogues, and mosques administer food distribution through pantries and soup kitchens because it represents a calling of their faith. Prior...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the future of the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy is expected to be delivered by the end of June. If the policy is ruled unconstitutional, it will negatively impact the lives of the 649,070 DACA recipients or...
Across the U.S. and the world, the coronavirus virus has forced people to quarantine in their homes for days at a time, cancel celebrations and social activities, and left many with uncertainty of what the coming months will bring. Simultaneously, it has highlighted...
On May 20, Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, and Speaker Bonnen issued a memo directing state agencies and institutions of higher education to identify strategies for immediately reducing their current budgets by five percent. In their memo, the leaders stated...
Some of the biggest pieces to the hunger safety net are the child nutrition programs. Millions of children eat meals at school through the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. Add to those the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Summer...
