PBS has a webpage on food insecurity. This is excellent information for folks looking to get a big-picture sense of the problem, and why we're responding to it the way we are. Articles and videos include:
- Two pieces on food insecurity among college students, including at UC: great background info for those looking to understand why our community partners have been making such a big CalFresh outreach push at UCSB, for example
- A piece on senior hunger: great background info for those looking to understand why we encourage CalFresh enrollment for seniors even though many only qualify for the minimum benefit amount
- A piece on how more emergency food assistance is going to working Americans: growing income inequality and irregular work schedules mean that a job (or even multiple jobs) isn't a ticket out of poverty, short-circuiting the promise of welfare reform
- A piece on summer hunger: great background info for those looking to understand why we promote school and Foodbank summer food programs, and why we piloted a CalFresh mailout to summer-school parents in low-income districts this year
