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Food Research & Action Center President Luis Guardia said the anti-hunger group “is thrilled that the Biden administration has heeded the calls of anti-hunger organizations to address the growing hunger gaps in child nutrition driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Guardia continued, “We commend the administration for including provisions that ensure children have access to the nutrition they need year-round.”
FRAC said the plan would:
▪ expand Summer EBT to all students eligible to receive free and reduced-price school meals during the school year 29 million children and make the program permanent;
▪ increase the number of high-poverty schools participating in community eligibility, a provision that helps schools and school districts offer free school meals to all children;
Biden wants new taxes on inherited assets, promises to shield farms
The White House didn’t provide any more detail of their proposal, but the Agriculture Department released a further explanation Wednesday evening that said the proposal defers any tax liability on family farms as long as the farm remains family-owned and operated. The USDA summary said that assets subject to the $1 million-per-person exemption would continue to receive the step-up in basis when sold.
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President Joe Biden is proposing to impose higher capital gains taxes on inherited assets, with promised protections for farms and other family-owned businesses that continue in operation.
U.S. hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults
Jackie Robinson shows the contents of meal boxes he received that were delivered by Revolution Foods in New Orleans on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Robinson, a 66-year-old retired cook who once worked at a French Quarter restaurant in New Orleans, struggled to get by on his Social Security benefits before the pandemic, occasionally visiting a food pantry. But over the summer he signed up for a city-run delivery program and now gets two meals a day, seven days a week. Things were getting kind of tough, a little rough and . I needed a little extra assistance, he said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids and older adults
01 Apr 2021 Rita Scanlon, 92, eats lunch delivered to her by Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island as she listens to Gov. Gina Raimondo s press conference urging residents to stay home. File AP
America is starting to claw its way out of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, but food insecurity persists, especially for children and older adults.
Food banks around the US continue giving away far more canned, packaged and fresh provisions than they did before the virus outbreak tossed millions of people out of work, forcing many to seek something to eat for the first time. For those who are now back at work, many are still struggling, paying back rent or trying to rebuild savings. We have all been through an unimaginable year,” said Brian Greene, CEO of the Houston Food Bank, the network’s largest. It was distributing as much as 1 million pounds of groceries daily at various points during th