Bill would create allowance for military families with food insecurity Sailors sort donated food items at a Maryland food bank. (MC2 William Sykes/Navy)
Thousands of military families face food insecurity, but the way the Department of Agriculture calculates eligibility for federal benefits is locking many of them out of assistance. A group of lawmakers are hoping to change that with the Military Hunger Prevention Act, reintroduced Thursday by Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. The law would create a “basic needs allowance” for low-income military families who would otherwise qualify for the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but for the fact that the program considrs basic allowance for housing – used to pay for off-base rent or mortgage – as income when calculating service members’ eligibility .
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Air Force suicides plateaued above 100 deaths in 2020 3 hours ago Air Force Maj. Onyema Okorie, 366th Fighter Wing deputy wing chaplain, holds a tea-light candle Sept. 30, 2020, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The End the Stigma event, held by the 366th FW mental health clinic, educated airmen on clinical services, noticing signs of depression and establishing a safety plan. (Airman 1st Class Natalie Rubenak/Air Force) The Air Force avoided a spike in suicides among uniformed personnel amid the pandemic and isolation of 2020, but has not managed to bring down the number of deaths despite a push to address mental health.