Society, Issues, Poverty, Hunger, Regional, United States
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- Uses demographic research and program and policy analyses to identify and promote strategies that reduce young child poverty and that improve the lives of poor young children. "There are over 14 million children living in poverty in the United States
- Works to eliminate hunger in Utah through expansion of child nutrition programs, implementation of public policy, working with emergency food pantries, providing information and assisting people with food stamp problem resolution.
- Reports and measurement tools on the topic of food security and hunger in the United States, from USDA.
- National anti-hunger organization that lobbies on behalf of Food Stamps, the Women Infants and Children (WIC) program, and other federal food and nutrition programs.
- The Hunger Center is a partnership between the University of Rhode Island and the Feinstein Foundation dedicated to bringing the issue of hunger to the forefront of America's conciousness.
- A program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) to raise awareness about the childhood hunger crisis in the U.S. and mobilize involvement through education, fundraising events and coalition building.
- Program to end child hunger in America.
- A non-profit North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times.
- Background information and links on U.S. domestic hunger policy, including programs like WIC, food stamps, school lunch, and school breakfast programs.
- An unprecedented study of who's hungry in America, where they go for food, and the health and social consequences of widespread hunger.
- Conducts research and policy analysis on hunger and poverty in the US; promotes asset development; analyzes household food security.
- An educational program for middle- and high school students that focuses on the root causes of hunger and poverty, the people most affected, solutions, and how students can help.
- Background information, legislative analyses, status reports on pending bills, and links on the food and nutrition issues from the Coalition on Human Needs, a coalition of major U.S. anti-poverty organizations.
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