New Report Reveals State-by-State Information on Child Hunger By Vicki B. Escarra
. . . Alongside our many initiatives that fight hunger across the country, we also conduct extensive research on the causes and potential future solutions to domestic hunger. I'm proud to announce that this week, thanks to the support of the ConAgra Foods Foundation, we released an important new study, "Child Food Insecurity in the United States: 2006-2008." The report provides the only comprehensive information about child food insecurity rates at the state level. As we would expect from the 35 percent increase in child hunger nationally in 2008, all but nine states saw an increase in child food insecurity rates in 2008. By providing states with data about child food security, this report enables policymakers and advocates to address the real and growing problem of child hunger nationwide. Read entire article.
More on the Report from the Feeding America website:
[T[he study includes regional data on food
insecurity for children under the age of 5. In the South, more than one in five
children or nearly 22 percent of young children are food insecure – the highest
rate in the nation. The Western region of the country has the second highest
rate of young child food insecurity at nearly one in five, or 19.6 percent. The
Midwest has a rate of more than one in six, or 18.6 percent; and the Northeast
has a rate of nearly one in seven, or 13.7 percent.
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