New Report: @Laurenlbauer finds that young children are experiencing unprecedented levels of food insecurity during #COVID19. Food insecurity has doubled for all households and more than quadrupled among children from 2018 levels: hamiltonproject.org/blog/the_covid… 
In late April 2020, 22.7% of households reported not having sufficient resources to buy more food. In 2018, that number was 11.1%.
Children have been particularly affected by the dramatic rise in U.S. food insecurity. 2 in 5 mothers with children 12 and under reported that they ran out of food & did not have enough money to get more.
In order to address growing food insecurity, @Laurenlbauer recommends that policymakers strengthen food security programs like SNAP & scale up Pandemic-EBT. #SNAPmatters
In his piece on growing food insecurity among children, @jasondeparle notes, "Inadequate nutrition can leave young children with permanent developmental damage.” More here: nytimes.com/2020/05/06/us/…
