Hunger

Congress approved major food assistance initiatives in the latest Covid-19 relief package signed Thursday by President Biden, including extending SNAP benefits.

It was a desperate cry for help from a 9-year-old girl in a virtual classroom who was hungry and hurting — and now a local food bank has gotten a wave of donations from strangers who just want to help

The pandemic has created a hunger crisis that has only intensified over the past year. In New Jersey, one girl’s call for help put a face to the crisis — and inspired a wave of giving to a local food bank.NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will help restaurants partner to provide food assistance.

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Lawmakers agreed to a $900 billion coronavirus relief package on Sunday, which includes $13 billion in funding to support food assistance programs.

With over 1 in 10 Americans going without enough to eat, the $13 billion lawmakers initially allocated for food assistance can’t come soon enough. 

As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, more people than ever are going hungry — but across the country, volunteers are stepping up to help. Before the pandemic, more than 35 million people in the U.S. struggled with hunger, according to Feeding America. But now, with millions of Americans unemployed and a second relief check uncertain, the non-profit estimates that more than 50 million people...

Feeding America estimates that 17 million children could go without enough to eat this year, and advocates say that hunger could get worse during winter.

With negotiations for a new legislative relief package coming down to the wire, it may be worth considering how to stretch your budget without federal help.

4 in 10 Americans say the Covid-19 pandemic was the first time they experiencedfood insecurity, and a majority struggled to get the help they needed.

As jobs vanish, incomes drop and food prices rise, more Americans are going to bed hungry — and advocates warn that without intervention from Congress, those numbers could rise to a level unseen in modern times.

Millions of people have been pushed into hunger by the new coronavirus, said the United Nations World Food Program.

This pandemic has created a hunger crisis that the world has not seen in decades. So many families are depending on food banks, but food banks are running low on supplies and donations are drying up. Stefan Holt reports.

While the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the United Nations food agency warned on Tuesday that a looming “hunger pandemic” will bring “the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.”