USDA plans to award more than $27 million in grants to
fund innovative projects designed help end childhood hunger Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week. The announcement was part of USDA
efforts to focus on poverty and food insecurity among children, especially in
rural areas. Projects will be tested in three states, as well as the Chickasaw
and Navajo tribal nations.
Kentucky will test the effect of providing
households with children an additional transportation deduction that may
increase their SNAP benefits. Nevada will test the relative impacts on SNAP
households with children of (1) an increase in SNAP benefits, and (2) a SNAP
increase plus additional outreach, education, and case management. Virginia
will test the effect of providing (1) three school meals a day to all children
in select schools during the school year, (2) food for weekends and school
breaks, and (3) more resources for low-income households to purchase food
during the summer months.
Source: USDA, 3/2/15, Ending
Childhood Hunger
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