Mountaineer Food Bank is partnering with DoorDash to home-deliver groceries to Mercer County s neediest families. The pilot program is one of a handful across the country to receive a $100,000 dollar grant from Save the Children s Rural Child Hunger Research and Innovation Lab to tackle rural hunger. One in six West Virginia kids struggles with an empty stomach every day, according to Feeding America. .
A big gap exists in who can receive food assistance in Oregon, and some lawmakers want to bridge the divide this session. Federal law excludes people who are undocumented from programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the country s largest food assistance program. The Food for All Oregonians bill would extend food aid to lawful permanent residents, U.S. .
A Republican-backed bill in the Iowa Legislature seeks to put strict new limits on which foods people could buy at the grocery store using public-assistance benefits. House Bill 3 would limit people to items on the state s WIC list, supplemental nutrition for Women, Infants and Children. The bill would restrict the purchase of such items as grains, baked, refried or chili beans, and fresh and frozen meats. .