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A recent update to the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) will result in an average 27% increase in benefits to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, one of many important steps to ensure that people experiencing poverty can afford the food they need to live and thrive.
Access to food, cash assistance, health care, and housing are pathways to economic justice that everyone deserves—no matter their citizenship status. However, federal restrictions enacted 25 years ago interfere with the ability of immigrants to secure critical benefits with significant consequences to their and their families’ wellbeing.
Adequate access to food is economic justice. But too many people with low incomes are forced to stretch their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits because they’re not enough to cover the cost of food.
Parker Gilkesson was a contributor to TIME Magazine's "40 Ways to Build a More Equitable America" feature.
A CLASP report about college students and SNAP was featured in this weekly round-up.
Parker Gilkesson was quoted on how the racial wealth gap impacts new black homeowners.
We can't afford to forget Black history. If we don't learn from the past, we're likely to repeat it.
P-EBT is a tool that states must use--alongside others--to address child hunger.
As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the country, a hunger crisis is also growing as a result of the pandemic. The situation is likely to get worse for many households and families as key supports come to an end unless Congress acts to pass another relief package.
Parker Gilkesson was quoted in this New York Times article.