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August 28, 2024
Recently, GOP Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance said on Face the Nation “We should expand the child tax credit… I’d love to see a child tax credit that’s $5,000 per…
July 11, 2024
…ask nearly identical questions, results from the HPS can differ substantially from the FSS. For example, a 2021 report by one of us (Rachidi, with co-author Scott Winship) demonstrated the…
May 22, 2024
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson’s proposed Farm Bill reauthorization, The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, heads to committee markup today. The Farm Bill is a tough reauthorization…
May 8, 2024
Every year, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) releases a report detailing the share of US households who are “food insecure”—defined as those that have “limited or uncertain access to…
April 18, 2024
Hunger in the US is rising at an alarming pace – or is it? Last year’s annual report on food insecurity in the US led lawmakers to believe hunger is on the rise,…
March 26, 2024
Abstract The United States Department of Agriculture annually measures food insecurity among US households to assess whether Americans have access to adequate food. Intuition suggests that food insecurity rates should…
March 21, 2024
The House Agriculture Committee recently failed to pass an appropriations bill that would have authorized a pilot program to test whether nutrition-based restrictions in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…
March 12, 2024
Abstract In 2022, the United States witnessed a notable rise in household food insecurity, reversing a decade-long decline. Some observers have argued that the expiration of government relief efforts stemming…
March 11, 2024
…current safety net programs depicted below that assist low-income parents, along with major social insurance programs and even privately-funded benefits that specifically target non-workers. Source: Angela Rachidi, Matt Weidinger, and…
February 29, 2024
The House Agriculture Committee recently released an appropriations bill for fiscal year 2024 that sets aside $2 million to implement five pilot programs that would make certain unhealthy items ineligible…