US families need more to make ends meet each month says new study
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Feeding America says American house holds are having to find more money for food each month in the latest edition of its annual Map the Meal Gap study.
Issaquena County, Mississippi, has one of the highest food insecurity rates in the US
A new study released by Feeding America shows that household budgets were seeing further strain despite improvements in overall food insecurity rates before the pandemic. The organisation says Map the Meal Gap is the only study that provides local-level estimates of food insecurity and food costs across the United States and has been produced by Feeding America for the last 11 years now. This year’s study, which provides data for 2019, shows a widening gap for households struggling to get by ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Feeding America Study Shows Food Insecure Families Need More To Make Ends Meet
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CHICAGO, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A new study released today by Feeding America shows that household budgets were seeing further strain despite improvements in overall food insecurity rates before the pandemic.
Map the Meal Gap is the only study that provides local-level estimates of food insecurity and food costs across the United States and has been produced by Feeding America for the last 11 years now. This year s study, which provides data for 2019, shows a widening gap for households struggling to get by ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic.