To help those in financial need in their own community, two congregations have joined hands to open the Minneapolis Market.

StarTribune

Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand.
More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA TODAY shows.

Budget cuts for transportation and a scaling-back of summer school led to fewer children getting free lunches this summer in at least one school district, while economic pressures on families in other locations drove up participation in free or reduced-price meals programs elsewhere.

Education Week

Addressing the unique needs of the Latino² population will be an integral part of any strategy to promote and improve child nutrition.

Concourse garden greets sports fans, helps feed hungry

Pioneer Press

Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty. Without Social Security, according to the latest available Census data (for 2008), 19.8 million more Americans would be poor. Although most of those kept out of poverty by Social Security are elderly, nearly a third are under age 65, including 1.1 million children.

As they prepare to slash food stamps to pay for Medicaid and teachers’ salaries, House Democrats are facing up to a harsh reality: To save some social programs, they’ll have to sacrifice others.

“This is a bitter pill to swallow,” Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, chairwoman of the subcommittee that funds Agriculture Committee programs, said in a statement Monday.

Food Insecurity Rising In America
Stronger efforts needed to make sure all U.S. families have enough to eat, says nonprofit official.

With children not having balanced school meals in front of them every weekday, the North Anoka County Emergency (NACE) Food Shelf wants to make sure kids are getting their vegetables.

NACE will be able to provide more fresh vegetables to families for the rest of this summer thanks to a grant from Hunger Solutions.

Joanne Yackel, director of NACE, said the vegetables will be purchased from tw

In a surprise move yesterday before heading out for five weeks of recess, the Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act with unanimous consent, which means all 100 senators agreed to pass the bill without an individual vote.