Food insecurity dropped significantly in 2021, but could rise again
“Feeding America credited the combination of the expanded children tax credit, SNAP benefits and private donations for reducing food insecurity.’Still, nearly 34 million people facing hunger in this country are too many, and we know this number would have been much higher were it not for the continued unprecedented response from the charitable food sector and government nutrition programs,’ said Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. ‘The public/private response to the hunger crisis brought on by the pandemic has been successful in mitigating food insecurity rates, particularly among households with children, and we need to continue and expand those efforts to ensure everyone has access to the food and resources they need to thrive.’ The ending of the expanded child tax credit coupled with rising food costs could cause figures to go back up.”