December 12, 2025
State minimum wage and refundable state earned income tax credit (EITC) policies can reduce food insecurity among economically at-risk households with children.
November 24, 2025
In 2023, almost 1 in 6 children in the U.S. lived in households that at times were uncertain of having—or unable to acquire—enough food for all their members.
October 13, 2025
Food insecurity captures a different dimension of economic well-being that is not fully reflected in measures of poverty, unemployment or other related statistics.
October 13, 2022
Food insecurity for households with children fell during COVID. But there are signs of reversal with pandemic aid ending and the highest inflation in decades.
November 25, 2020
Available real-time data indicate that there is tremendous unmet need and that households with children report the highest rates of not having enough to eat.
August 1, 2019
New rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would end eligibility for over 3 million people who qualify under Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility
January 23, 2019
If the shutdown delays March SNAP benefits, millions of households would be directly impacted, including one-sixth of U.S. children.
May 26, 2017
The Trump Administration's 2018 budget proposes large cuts to the social safety net. Will this increase the number of U.S. households that are food insecure?