Joy Moses of The Center for American Progress has written a piece that introduces the many poverty-fighting aspects of Obama’s proposed budget.
The budget includes measures ranging from a commitment to end childhood hunger by 2015, to increased funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, to extending aid for veterans at risk of homelessness.
Click here to read Moses’ article, “Helping Those Most in Need.”
February 9, 2009
From The Center for American Progress
“It is insane, and morally bankrupt, for a nation with this much wealth to allow [hunger] to continue,” said Jim Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center, at a Center for American Progress event Friday morning. At the event, CAP Policy Analyst Joy Moses led a panel discussion on the importance of a new U.S. commitment to end food insecurity and hunger for all Americans.
by the Center for American Progress’s Alexandra Cawthorne
The U.S. Conference of Mayors released on Friday the results of its 2008 Hunger and Homelessness Survey, which surveys 25 major cities. The report adds to this year’s grim economic news, finding that hunger and homelessness have grown significantly in a number of cities over the last year, especially among working families with children. Read more »
From our friends at the Food Research and Action Center
Congress is on recess until December 8th, but more layoffs and pay cuts are happening every day, and hunger is growing every day. Here are four ways that you can act over the next few days to initiate meaningful solutions to eliminate hunger in our communities.
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By the Center for American Progress’ Alexandra Cawthorne
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual report on food security in America yesterday, which showed that one in eight Americans—over 36 million people—struggled to feed themselves during 2007. And that was even before the economic downturn.
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Low-income Americans are especially feeling the pinch of rising expenses and the floundering economy. Many families try to meet the high cost of housing, energy, and health care before they deal with staggeringly high food prices. An estimated 35.5 million Americans, including 12.6 million children, are now food insecure. From September 2007 to September 2008, the cost of food rose 7.6 percent. In a post-election Alliance to End Hunger poll, 58% of American voters said they have been impacted by rising food prices. These higher food costs are the most dramatic for low-income people—between September 2007 and September 2008, the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan (a U.S. Department of Agriculture estimate of the cheapest necessary food) rose 10.3 percent.
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