The 15% expansion of food stamp payments under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP for short, during the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced the odds of needy children going hungry, especially in Hispanic-American ...
Nov 10, 2025
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Investigators at Mass General Brigham have found that cases of child abuse and neglect in the United States have declined overall over the last decade, but disparities have persisted and in some cases widened. Poverty, which ...
Nov 10, 2025
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Overall, 13.5% of U.S. children living in households receiving supplemental nutrition benefit programs have food insecurity (FI), according to a research brief published online Nov. 7 in Pediatrics.
Nov 7, 2025
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Starting Nov. 1, funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—the nation's 60-year-old food assistance program—could be withheld for the first time ever, leaving millions of low-income Americans facing ...
Oct 28, 2025
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This summer, the state of Louisiana texted just over 13,000 people enrolled in its Medicaid program with a link to a website where they could confirm their incomes.
Oct 27, 2025
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Online grocery shopping rocketed in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, when social distancing recommendations made getting groceries delivered an attractive alternative to going to the store.
Oct 21, 2025
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Millions of Medicaid enrollees may have a way out of the new federal work requirement—if they live in a county with high unemployment.
Oct 7, 2025
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One effective way of tackling childhood food insecurity could be hiring and collaborating with food outreach specialists in pediatricians' offices, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics ...
Sep 26, 2025
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The US Congressional Budget Office estimates that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will cut $186 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over the next decade, sparking concerns among health ...
Sep 22, 2025
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For 30 years, Americans have relied on a yearly government report to understand how many families go without enough food. That report is now ending.
Sep 22, 2025
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