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Publication Date: 1988-Jan-30
Pages: 497
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Hunger in America: Hearings on Hunger and Related Nutritional Issues, before the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate. One Hundredth Congress, Second Session (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, January 30, 1988; Washington, D.C., March 1 and 28, 1988).
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
This report presents the testimony of numerous expert witnesses who appeared at three hearings on the following topics: (1) Hunger and Related Nutritional Issues; (2) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Assistance Programs; and (3) Domestic Hunger and Related Nutritional Issues. The following major issues were discussed: (1) the number of poor and low-income families requiring food assistance is rapidly increasing; (2) more federal programs are required to meet their needs; (3) federal support for existing programs needs to be increased; and (4) present programs need to be reformed to remove barriers to service. Specific USDA programs discussed include the following: (1) the Food Stamp Program; (2) the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP); (3) the Women Infants Children Supplemental Food Program (WIC); and (4) the National School Lunch Program. Statistical information on numerous tables and graphs illustrate testimony. (FMW)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Delivery Systems, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Programs, Food, Hunger, Low Income Groups, Lunch Programs, Nutrition, Poverty, Poverty Programs, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Services
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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