Hunger: America's Other Pandemic

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Demand at food banks and food pantries has dipped, but only slightly, as the job market rebounds from Covid closings and government stimulus programs put money in Americans’ pockets. But the frayed safety net that is the emergency food system remains a lifeline for many still struggling families.

Last week the Biden administration revised the thrifty food plan definition of basic food needs, which will increase benefits for the 42 million Americans enrolled in SNAP when the changes are officially implemented in October.

Tens of thousands of food pantries scattered throughout the heartland and concentrated in cities along the coasts buckled under a surge in pandemic-driven demand last year. Many living paycheck-to-paycheck sought help for the first time when they lost the jobs that sustained them.

A significant source of the rise in demand has been from households that never previously experienced food insecurity.

https://www.dcreport.org/2021/08/26/hunger-americas-other-pandemic/

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