US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults

Re:US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults by bpodgursky on Thursday April 01, 2021 @06:29PM (#26667044)

> “It got really ugly,” said Silvia Baca Garcia, 33, a Phoenix resident from Honduras who scrambled to feed her three children and granddaughter during months of unemployment caused by the viral outbreak. “It had been a lot easier when my two boys were in school and getting their hot breakfasts and lunches everyday.”

It's not explicitly stated, but many of these examples are very, very likely to be non-legal immigrants, who do not qualify for SNAP aka food stamps. That is a huge political hairball. I'd be pretty surprised if many citizens fell into a similar category.

(with older adults I'm not sure what's going on, but my guess is communication or service literacy problems are a large part of it. ie, just getting people registered who don't know that they are eligible.)

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Re:US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults by lazyasciiart on Thursday April 01, 2021 @08:47PM (#26668057)

Why would that example not be someone on food stamps? SNAP is not that much money, and it's obviously being stretched a lot further when she suddenly had an extra 40 meals per week to provide. This affected tons of citizens - that's why the USDA approved and funded school lunch replacements, like central pickup points and in some places lunch deliveries.

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