NEW YORK - A new report shows far fewer New Yorkers have gone hungry since the federal government nearly doubled its spending in the pandemic on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The number of New York residents who reported not having enough to eat was more than 6 million in April, but by September it had fallen to around 2.7 million - the month enhanced SNAP benefits were extended through the American Rescue Plan. Joel Berg, chief executive of Hunger Free America, said the downward trend is widespread. .
In her new book “How the Other Half Eats,” Priya Fielding-Singh shadowed families of different means. She found that their food choices came down to more than price or accessibility, and that understanding why people eat the way they do could help in addressing disparities.
LOS ANGELES Anti-hunger advocates filed suit Monday to force Los Angeles County to speed up processing of applications for emergency food assistance. Those applications by law must be processed within three days, but the county s own data showed between October 2020 and September 2021, more than a third of applications took longer, affecting 54,000 households. Frank Tamborello, executive director of Hunger Action Los Angeles, said the CalFresh program is akin to emergency response. .
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