Food and Nutrition - More Policy Analyses and Research
2011
FRAC: Federal Nutrition Programs: Vital for the (Economic) Health of Rural America (August 2011) FRAC: Food Hardship in America 2010 (8/11/11) CBPP: House WIC Cuts Would End Food Assistance for 300,000 to 450,000 Low-Income Women and Children (6/23/11) CBPP: Claim Regarding High WIC Administrative Costs Is False (6/23/11) Center for American Progress: Infographic: Tax Cuts for Millionaires vs. Nutrition Assistance (6/9/11) CBPP: House-Passed Proposal to Block-Grant and Cut SNAP (Food Stamps) Rests on False Claims About Program Growth (6/7/11) Center for American Progress: Bait and Switch: Congress Chooses One Week's Worth of Tax Cuts for Millionaires over Nutrition Assistance for Families that Need It (6/2/11) CBPP: Ryan Budget Would Slash SNAP Funding by $127 Billion Over Ten Years (4/11/11)
2010
FRAC: Highlights: Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 (December 2010) First Focus: The Effect of the Recession on Child Well-Being (November 2010) The Philadelphia Enquirer: Food That's as Poor as the Family (10/29/10) The Philadelphia Enquirer: A Portrait of Hunger (10/10/10) Children's Health Watch: Children of Immigrants: Healthy Beginnings Derailed by Food Insecurity (October 2010) NCLR: 2010 Profiles of Latino Health: A Closer Look at Latino Child Nutrition Issue 5: The Links Between Food Insecurity and Latino Child Obesity (9/21/10) NCLR: 2010 Profiles of Latino Health: A Closer Look at Latino Child Nutrition Issue 4: The Food Environment and Latinos' Access to Healthy Foods (9/15/10) Children's HealthWatch: Earning More, Receiving Less: Loss of Benefits and Child Hunger (September 2010) CBPP: WIC Food Package Should be Based on Science: Foods with New Functional Ingredients Should be Provided Only If They Deliver Health or Nutritional Benefits (6/4/10) Children's HealthWatch: Healthy Families in Hard Times: Solutions for Multiple Family Hardships (June 2010) FRAC Issue Brief for Child Nutrition Reauthorization: How Competitive Foods in Schools Impact Student Health, School Meal Programs, and Students from Low-income Families (June 2010) FRAC: Highlights of the House Bill for Child Nutrition Reauthorization (6/11/10) FRAC: SNAP/Food Stamps Participation in January 2010 Hits New Record: 39.4 Million Persons (4/2/10) For state-by-state analysis click here. Urban Institute: WIC Income Eligible Children by Congressional District and State (3/23/10) CAP: Doing What Works to End U.S. Hunger: Federal Food Programs Are Effective, but Can Work Even Better (March 2010) CBPP: The Food Stamp Dependent Care Deduction: Help for Families with Child Care Costs (March 2010)
FRAC: Highlights: Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 (March 2010) FRAC: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: School Meal Program Provisions (March 2010) FRAC: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: Child and Adult Care Food Program Summary (March 2010) Children's HealthWatch: WIC Improves Child Health and School Readiness (March 2010) FRAC Issue Brief for Child Nutrition Reauthorization: How Improving Federal Nutrition Program Access and Quality Work Together to Reduce Hunger and Promote Healthy Eating (2/23/10) Feeding America: Hunger in America 2010 (February 2010) FRAC: Smart Choices in Hard Times: Strategies for States, Communities, and Advocates to Reduce Hunger, Stimulate the Economy, and Sustain Recovery (February 2010) FRAC: Food Hardship: A Closer Look at Hunger Data for the Nation, States, 100 MSAs, and Every Congressional District (January 2010)
2009
Children's HealthWatch: Rx for Hunger: Affordable Housing (December 2009) Urban Institute: Many Low-Income Working Families Turn to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Help (August 2009) FRAC: Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015: The Essential Strategies for Achieving the President's Goal (7/1/09) FRAC: Hunger Doesn't Take A Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2009 (July 2009) Children's HealthWatch: Food Insecurity Rates Rise Steeply with Recession (6/18/09) FRAC: Heat and Eat: Using Federal Nutrition Programs to Soften Low-Income Households' Food/Fuel Dilemma (March 2009)
2008
FRAC: State of the States: 2008 - FRAC's Profile of Food & Nutrition Programs Across the Nation (November 2008) Partnership for America's Economic Success: Reading, Writing and Hungry: the Consequences of Food Insecurity on Children and on our Nation's Economic Success (November 2008) NAHO: A Blueprint to End Hunger 2008 (10/16/08) FRAC: Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2008 (7/30/08)
2007
CBPP: Comparisons of Nutrition Provisions in House- and Senate-Passed Farm Bills (12/21/07) Sodexho Foundation: The Economic Cost of Domestic Hunger: Estimated Annual Burden to the United States (6/5/07)
2006
NCLR: Sin Provecho: Latinos and Food Insecurity (12/20/06) >Executive Summary >Resumen Ejecutivo CHN: WIC Comments (11/06/06) The Impact of Food Security on the Development of Young Low-Income Latino Children (May 2006) Protecting the Health and Nutrition of Young Children of Color (May 2006) America's Second Harvest: Hunger Study 2006 (2/23/06) CBPP: The President's Budget Would Cut Food for Over 420,000 Seniors (2/6/06)
2005
FRAC: Heat and Eat - How Nutrition Programs Can Help Low-Income Families with High Heating Bills (11/27/05) CBPP: Hardship Indicators Point to a Difficult Holiday Season (11/21/05) Bread for the World: Frontline Issues in Nutrition Assistance 2006 (11/21/05) FRAC: Number of Hungry and Food Insecure Americans Jumps to 38 Million in 2004 (10/28/05) USDA: For 5th Year in a Row, Number of Americans Living in Food Insecure Households Grows (10/28/05) CBPP: House Agriculture Committee Targets Food Stamps for Cuts (10/28/05) Boston Medical Center: The REAL Cost of a Healthy Diet (8/18/05) The monthly cost of a healthy diet is $148 more than the maximum monthly Food Stamp benefit C-SNAP: Food Stamps Are Good Medicine for Children (8/2/05) Alliance to End Hunger (7/20/05) Poll: Majority of Americans Support Anti-Hunger Programs (7/20/05) CBPP: What Does the Safety Net Accomplish? (7/19/05) CBPP: Food and Nutrition Programs: Reducing Hunger, Bolstering Nutrition (7/19/05) CBPP: Food Stamps and the Cuts the Agriculture Committees Must Make (7/5/05) FRAC, CBPP, America's Second Harvest: Letter to Chairman Goodlatte in Support of Food Stamps (6/22/05) FRAC: Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation- Summer Nutrition Status Report (6/17/05) National Student Campaign Against Hunger: 50-State Analysis: Effect of Proposed Food Stamp Cuts (6/7/05) CDF: More than 13 Million Children Face Food Insecurity (6/2/05) FRAC: Why Food Stamps Matter: Talking Points (5/20/05) FRAC: Press Release on New Institute of Medicine Report on WIC Food Packages (5/2/05) Institute of Medicine: WIC Food Packages: Time for a Change (4/27/05) FRAC: WIC in the States: 31 Years of Building a Healthy America (April 2005) (185 page report in PDF format) Mathematica: National School Lunch Program - Ensuring that Meal Benefits Go to the Poor (April 2005) CBPP: WIC Budget Proposal Would Discourage Cost Containment and Represent Unsound Policy (3/28/05) CBPP: The Food Stamp Program: Working Smarter for Working Families (3/15/05) CHN: Dangerous Choices: The President's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget (3/8/05) C-SNAP: Hunger and Food Insecurity Among American Children: Consequences and Prevention (3/3/05) FRAC: State of the States: President's Budget Threatens Record Nutrition Accomplishments (2/23/05) FRAC: Budget Fight 2006 - Food Stamp Spending and Agriculture Committee Outlook (2/14/05) FRAC: Local School Wellness Policy Briefing (1/12/05)
2004
CBPP: Hunger, Crowding, and Hardship Widespread Among Families in Poverty (12/20/04) USCM: Conference of Mayors - Sodexo Hunger and Homelessness Survey (12/14/04) FRAC: Number of Hungry and Food Insecure Americans Rise for Fourth Straight Year (11/19/04) CBPP: Opportunities Under New Child Nutrition Reauthorization Law (11/17/04) CHN: Status of Human Needs Program Reauthorization for 108th Congress (8/5/04) CSNAP: Safety Net Has Powerful Impact on Babies' Health (8/5/04) FRAC: Child Nutrition Reauthorization - Section-by-Section Analysis (7/20/04) Urban Institute: Recent Trends in Food Stamp Participation (5/17/04) CBPP: WIC-Only Stores and Competitive Pricing (5/17/04) Urban Institute: Many Working Families with Children Rely on Food Pantries (4/28/04)
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