Jack,
Food insecurity exists in every county in the U.S., and it gets worse when combined with high grocery costs causing budgets to rise and the expiration of pandemic-era policies that helped reduce hunger. Congress must help NOW.
| Here's the email we previously sent: | Jack,
Hunger exists everywhere in this country.
We recently released our latest Map the Meal Gap 2024 report. What the report shows us is clear: Hunger affects our neighbors in every county across America.
There are ways we can help our neighbors facing hunger in each and every one of our communities: Federal nutrition programs are crucial to closing the meal gap, helping to reduce food insecurity for millions of hardworking people. But these programs can’t meet the high demand caused by harmful policies and high grocery prices that make nutritious food hard to afford.
We must strengthen programs like The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to close the gap for good. Join us today in urging Congress to pass the strongest possible farm bill and help end hunger for good!
Every county in the U.S. is home to someone facing hunger. Tell lawmakers to pass a strong, bipartisan farm bill to help end hunger!
| Food insecurity exists in every corner of the U.S., worsened by high grocery costs causing budgets to rise and the expiration of pandemic-era policies that helped reduce hunger. In some counties, nearly half of children are food insecure, and Black and Latino people experience much higher rates of food insecurity.*
Federal nutrition programs can’t keep up. Nearly 50% of people facing hunger are unlikely to qualify for SNAP, the cornerstone of federal nutrition assistance. And as our neighbors turn to food banks to help put food on the table, TEFAP needs more funding to make sure produce and other goods make it from farms to the people facing hunger.
Congress will hear our voice: We must work together to end hunger now. And we can do this by strengthening the programs that help our neighbors the most.
Tell Congress: Ensure everyone in America has access to the food we all need to thrive by passing the strongest possible, bipartisan farm bill! | | | It will take all of us to end hunger. Thank you for taking a minute to help people facing hunger today!
Sincerely,
Feeding America | Paid for by Feeding America. Does not equal endorsement. | Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. | | | |