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>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:53:59 -0800
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>Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 6:35 PM
>Subject: [WORKFARE] Hunger in America
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>>Report: Hunger Persists in America
>>By ROBIN ESTRIN Associated Press Writer
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>>BOSTON (AP) - In these times of low unemployment and overnight stock market
>>fortunes, 30 million Americans worry about where they will get their next
>>meals, according to a new study.
>>
>>The number of Americans who go hungry has held steady for the last four
>>years, despite unprecedented economic growth, the Center on Hunger and
>>Poverty at Tufts University found.
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>>``I think people assume that the rising tide lifts all boats and, in fact,
>>at the lowest end of the spectrum, there are as many hungry people as
>>ever,'' said Deborah Leff, president of America's Second Harvest, a
>>Chicago-based agency that delivers 1 billion pounds of food to food banks
>>annually.
>>
>>The Tufts study is billed as the most comprehensive analysis of domestic
>>hunger since welfare was overhauled in 1996. Researchers pulled together
>>federal and state estimates on hunger, along with reports from food banks
>>and shelters, to provide a detailed picture of hunger and so-called ``food
>>insecurity'' - the fear that there won't be enough to eat.
>>
>>America is now in the longest economic expansion since the Vietnam War. The
>>stock market is soaring. The national unemployment rate of 4.1 percent is
>>the lowest in 30 years.
>>
>>Yet, the study found that nearly one in six children lives in a household
>>where meals are an endless concern. Some families face a harsh choice: heat
>>the home or feed the children.
>>
>>``We're constantly hearing these great economic forecasts,'' said Ashley
>>Sullivan, a co-author of the Tufts report, which was to be released
>Thursday.
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>>``It seems like one wouldn't expect to see the persistence of hunger and
>>food insecurity in a society that has such wealth and low unemployment,''
>>Sullivan said.
>>
>>The Tufts study makes several recommendations to Congress, including:
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>>- Ensure that those eligible for food stamps receive them.
>>
>>- Increase the allowable assets for food stamp eligibility so a family can
>>own a car and still get necessary government food assistance.
>>
>>- Create savings incentives to provide financial safety nets for the
>>working poor.
>>
>>.
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