A Census survey said one in eight US adults lived in households at the end of July that didn't have enough to eat at some point in the prior week, up from one in 10 in May wsj.com/articles/more-…
Almost 20% of Americans with kids at home couldn’t afford to give their children enough food, up from almost 17% in early June
"There is a big problem here, and the problem seems to be worse than it was at the height of the Great Recession,” said Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, a Northwestern University economist.
The Salvation Army hands out around 400 grocery bags of canned beans, rice and other nonperishables every month at its Sherman Avenue center in Washington, D.C., up from 100 before the pandemic. Many recipients are getting donations for the first time.
