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Publication Date: 2012
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Advancing Childhood Food Security through Organizing Strategies
Singletary, Jon; Everett, Jeremy K.; Nolen, Erin
Journal of Applied Research on Children, v3 n1 Article 10 2012
This paper focuses on a project developed in Texas that utilizes community organizing strategies to advance childhood food security. With a dual focus on organizing policymakers and local communities, The Texas Hunger Initiative provides an example of an organizing project with the goal of ending childhood food insecurity in Texas.
Descriptors: Food, Security (Psychology), Community Programs, Program Descriptions, Federal Programs, Hunger, Poverty, Children, Organizations (Groups), Community Action, Cooperation, Private Sector, Public Agencies
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Language: English
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