t have the resources needed – and what this does to their sources of food and assistance once everyone else piles on top of the already massive need. I can’t help but think about the people who will simply NOT eat during this time. It haunts me most days. I can’t help but think...
June 2022 to January 2023 Emergency (IPC Phase 4) Outcomes Will Likely Persist in the Absence of a Scale-Up of Food Assistance. 2022. Available online: https://reliefweb.int/report/kenya/kenya-food-security-outlook-june-2022-january-2022 (accessed on 9 June 2023). Kunyanga, C.N.; ...
assistance with R coding as well as Z. (B.) Zhang for her contributions to the data team. We thank R. Ibrahim of the World Food Programme; G. Martini, also of the World Food Programme; and the MUFPP team for facilitating access to data underlying their online displays in dataset ...
The Budget would also create a new approach to nutrition assistance that combines traditional SNAP benefits with U.S. Department of Agriculture Foods provided directly to households. This cost-effective approach supports American agriculture, prevents certain types of program abuse, provides state flexibil...
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Funding for three of these programs constitute the majority of money allocated for the Farm Bill:SNAP(Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to improve diets of low income people, WIC (Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children),...
agency, which is already providing food assistance to 7-8 million Yemenis. "WFP food and other humanitarian support has been instrumental in helping to prevent famine, but the indications are that even greater efforts will be needed to avert mass starvation." Food security experts ...
And, the other things that might lift families out of poverty: higher wages, shorter hours, more childcare, better health care, educational opportunities, vocational assistance, family planning assistance — the GOP opposes them all in their totally corrupt and disingenuous “race to the bottom.”...
In this role, she engages with public healthcare agencies across the US to invent new ways to leverage technology to improve the constituent experience in government social programs, such as public health, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and to ...
Mark Winne provides a variety of training and technical assistance services to organizations, governments, and communities interested in developing just, sustainable, and economically robust local, regional, and state/provincial food systems. These services include phone and email consultations; on-site tr...
Image Credit: Created with the assistance of DALL·E 3 PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s reminder to the people to take health knowledge seriously is timely. At the launch of the 2024 National Wellness Month celebration last weekend, he reminded people to understand the dangers of exces...