07/25/2019
The change would primarily affect two groups that federal and state policymakers from across the political spectrum have long sought to help: those working but still near poverty and those saving modestly in order to become more economically independent.
07/24/2019
A new proposed rule from the Trump Administration could remove 3 million+ from SNAP. Food Research and Action Center Ellen Vollinger legal/food stamp director, says the rule could also “take free #SchoolLunch away from 265,000 students.
Students pick up their lunch at Barre Town Elementary School in Barre Town, Vt. –Toby Talbot/AP-File
Thousands of Students Could Lose Free School Meals if SNAP Changes
07/24/2019
Here’s an example of how this works, by way of a statement from the Urban Institute Elaine Waxman: A single mom with two kids making $12.75 an hour would receive $96 a month from SNAP under normal rules. If she got a 50-cent raise, she’d exceed the 130-percent SNAP eligibility threshold and lose all her benefits. However, under broad-based categorical eligibility, her SNAP benefits would just be reduced to $65 a month, rather than zero. This phenomenon is called the benefits cliff, and broad-based categorical eligibility has done a lot to soften its blow.
Trump administration wants to take food stamps from 3 million more people
07/23/2019
Well said and on point Hunger Free America Joel Berg
“USDA’s plan to take away flexibility from states to allow people to save funds while working their way out of poverty and still receive SNAP is horrid in four ways. It is illegal since it bypasses the will of Congress. It will make working Americans hungrier. It will make it harder for families to work their way out of poverty. And it is hypocritical since Republicans are denying flexibility to states”.
Trump administration proposal could kick 3 million off food stamps
07/22/2019
There are many reasons for this lunch debt crisis. What is consistent is that across America schools and parents are struggling with lunch debt. The truth is that many children live in food-insecure homes but don’t qualify for free and reduced lunches-their parents or guardians might earn but a few dollars more than the threshold to meet the classification as economically disadvantaged. When that’s the case, these children must still pay for the full price of school lunches, which cost about $3.20 on average.
07/212019
For workers regularly making more than $30 a month in tips, employers can currently pay as little as $2.13 an hour. That subminimum wage has been frozen at this level for decades. Should the Raise the Wage Act pass the House, it will mark the first time that either chamber of Congress has moved to eliminate the subminimum wage, which not only deepens economic inequalities but also happens to be a relic of slavery.
07/20/2019
“While many factors influence what stores come and go in a neighborhood, research shows that convenience stores persist where poverty does. Spelman College sociologist Ashanté Reese has also shown that food access aligns with historical patterns of racial segregation. In low-income neighborhoods—and even more so in those that are predominantly black—researchers have found that the number of convenience stores increases with poverty, while supermarket availability decreases.”
Lake Kittamaqundi in the heart of Columbia, Maryland — a planned community embarking on a long-term plan to build more housing and offices.
Photographer: Andre Chung for The Washington Post via Getty Images
07/19/2019
New numbers from the Congressional Budget Office estimate that about half as man service members, or a little more than 10,000, are in this situation, based on its analysis of DoD data about service members’ pay and family size. Those who qualify have an income that’s no more than 130 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
This proposal would give more money to military families struggling to put food on the table
07/19/2019
“ERS studies, for instance, concluded that the 2017 tax cuts championed by the administration would most benefit the richest farmers and that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which Trump wants to cut, is good for the economy.”
Scientists Desert USDA As Agency Relocates To Kansas City Area
07/18/2019
The #RaisetheWage Act will gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15/hour and will lift incomes for up to 40 million Americans. THIS is working for the people.
07/18/2019
The College Student Hunger Act would enable more low-income college students to access the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and increase awareness of the program.
Warren introduces bill targeted at food insecurity on college campuses
07/17/2019
Many of the same people who struggle with extra weight also regularly go to bed hungry. That may sound like an impossible contradiction, but dig deeper, and it quickly becomes clear how hunger and obesity are related. Both are often rooted in poverty.
If You’re Poor in America, You Can Be Both Overweight and Hungry
