senior hunger
As our nation’s largest anti-hunger program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is especially important alongside rising food prices, which are hitting low-income people hardest.
Food insecurity disproportionately hits Black and Hispanic older adults.
SNAP, formerly "food stamps," needs additional investments and flexibility to respond to the pandemic.
A proposed rule would disproportionately impact SNAP households with seniors.
Nearly 8 percent of adults age 65 and older are food insecure, meaning they do not always have balanced meals or enough to eat because they cannot afford it. However, there are significant racial and ethnic disparities in food insecurity among older adults. Black and Hispanic seniors are over three…
This is a guest post by Becky Squires. Becky is a writer-editor for AARP Foundation.
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