Beyond Pantries: This Food Bank Invests In The Local Community

According to the most recent report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 42.2 million Americans live in food-insecure homes - double the number on food stamps in 1980. First founded in the late 1960s, food banks multiplied during the 1980s recession, buoyed by cuts to federal programs including Me...

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Published inThe Salt [BLOG]
Main Author Sacharow, Anya
Format Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington NPR 01.08.2017
Subjects
Banking industry
Community
Diabetes
Employment
Food programs
Food stamps
Hunger
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Summary:According to the most recent report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 42.2 million Americans live in food-insecure homes - double the number on food stamps in 1980. First founded in the late 1960s, food banks multiplied during the 1980s recession, buoyed by cuts to federal programs including Medicaid and food stamps. According to Bread for the World, a Christian anti-hunger advocacy group, one of every twenty bags of groceries for food-insecure people comes from food banks and private charities.
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