The American Rescue Plan (ARP) expanded access to meals for youth experiencing homelessness by allowing shelters to be reimbursed for meals served to children and young adults under 25 years old through the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The usual age limit for meal reimbursement is through age 18. Nonprofit shelters providing temporary […]
A new MassINC Polling Group survey sponsored by the Shah Family Foundation, reveals that while Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits helped many Massachusetts families purchase groceries, many others who were likely eligible to receive benefits and were experiencing food insecurity missed out on SNAP and P-EBT during COVID-19. […]
According to the latest monthly figures (from March 2021), on average more than 42.4 million Americans — or approximately 1 in 8 Americans — participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This increased participation reflects the public health and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. By comparison, in the pre-pandemic month of February 2020, […]
Food insecurity is the primary measure of food hardship and is associated with poor health. Official estimates of food insecurity are released annually from the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS). However, data for 2020 will not be released until September 2021. To track food hardship in real time during COVID-19, the Census has […]