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There\u0027s been an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hamiltonproject.org\/blog\/the_covid_19_crisis_has_already_left_too_many_children_hungry_in_america\u0022\u003Ealarming rise \u003C\/a\u003Ein the number of families struggling to put food on the table, according to the COVID Impact Survey and the Brookings Institution\u0027s Survey of Mothers with Young Children. Brookings fellow Lauren Bauer crunched the numbers and showed that, due to the pandemic, food insecurity in the country has increased -- and households with children 12 years of age and under are experiencing hunger like at no other time in modern history.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EUsing \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/COVIDImpact?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@COVIDImpact\u003C\/a\u003E data from their first week in the field, I found that 1 in 3 households with a child are food insecure.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\t\t\u003Cbr\u003E\n\t\tSee their topline results \u0026amp; run your own analysis on their data here:\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/qEF0OwE2tX\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/qEF0OwE2tX\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\t\t\u003Cbr\u003E\n\t\t4\/4\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\u2014 Lauren Bauer (@laurenlbauer) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenlbauer\/status\/1258083234371559432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EMay 6, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EElected officials and 2020 candidates for office should support the expansion of SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, to address the growing number of families experiencing hunger. With the three previous Covid-19 relief packages passed by Congress \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/03\/30\/us-economic-relief-package-shortchanges-workers\u0022\u003Efalling short\u003C\/a\u003E of providing necessary aid and protections for families in poverty, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/To address the growing number of families experiencing hunger,\u0022\u003Efuture relief packages\u003C\/a\u003E should focus on meeting the basic needs of those most in distress.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe consequences of failing to curb food insecurity can be dire, particularly for the US children who are experiencing more hunger than ever during the pandemic. Children who go without adequate amounts of food are at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.feedingamerica.org\/hunger-in-america\/impact-of-hunger\u0022\u003Egreater risk\u003C\/a\u003E of developing mental and behaviorial health challenges and chronic illnesses, and face obstacles to academic achievement.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EIn his piece on growing food insecurity among children, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonDeParle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@jasondeparle\u003C\/a\u003E notes, \u0022Inadequate nutrition can leave young children with permanent developmental damage.\u201d More here: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/tz1Y1Sowot\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/tz1Y1Sowot\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/04IFct7ouJ\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/04IFct7ouJ\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\u2014 The Hamilton Project (@hamiltonproj) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hamiltonproj\/status\/1258090398817361924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EMay 6, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__375188__en","data":"","settings":null}]