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Food insecurity and child hunger both have skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic across the United States
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Child hunger is on the rise across Arkansas, and advocates warn families are struggling to access resources in communities far from interstate highways.
Even before the pandemic, Arkansas ranked second in the nation for childhood food insecurity.
One in four Arkansas children aren t sure where they ll get their next meal, but experts say the numbers could be higher since the start of the COVID-19 crisis.
Audrey Freshwater, Arkansas deputy director for Save the Children, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture is working with partners for its Farmers to Families Food Box Program who can get food out into the hands of children and families.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Child hunger is on the rise across Tennessee, and advocates say in communities far from interstate highways, families are struggling to access resources. In some rural counties, there has been an increase in the number of children who are going without meals of 10% or greater. .
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Child hunger is on the rise across Arkansas, and advocates warn families are struggling to access resources in communities far from interstate highways. Even before the pandemic, Arkansas ranked second in the nation for childhood food insecurity. .
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