Why Billions In Food Aid Hasn’t Gotten To Needy Families
“When schools shut down in the spring, that raised immediate worries about the nearly 30 million children who depend on school food. Those worries were essentially borne out, with researchers reporting a large rise in child hunger. According to a report from Feeding America, 1 in 4 households with children experienced food insecurity in 2020. “These are just levels that we’ve never seen before,” says Diane Schanzenbach, an economist at Northwestern University.”