States can undertake new economic analyses to maximize the bases for such waivers. Second, states can build on initial implementation of the 1997 Budget Act authority for employment and training programs and caseload exemptions to assist jobless adults subject to the three month food stamp cut off. Fourth, states can provide funding for meal reimbursements and start up grants to enhance the reach of the Summer Food and School Breakfast Programs. Fifth, states can continue and increase their support for emergency food programs. Hunger has a cure.
State governments can play at least a supporting role in that cure.
Founded in 1970, FRAC is a nonprofit and nonpartisan research, public policy and legal center that serves as a hub of an anti-hunger network of thousands of individuals and agencies across the country. Second Harvest , the National Food Bank Network, is based in Chicago, Illinois. It is comprised of 187 regional food banks, serving nearly 50,000 local charitable agencies. Last year, the Second Harvest network provided more than one billion pounds of food and grocery products to approximately 26 million needy people. Copyright Van Amburg Group.