For more information about child hunger in America, nutrition information and what you can do to help, check out these great sites and resources.
Agriculture Secretary Discusses Importance of Addressing Child Hunger, Health and Nutrition
The nation’s leading anti-hunger organizations came together as the National Anti-Hunger Organizations (NAHO) to establish the Roadmap to End Child Hunger by 2015, which outlines the steps needed to fight hunger in this country. In the Blueprint, NAHO argues that solving hunger will require a commitment from all sectors of society—government, businesses, nonprofits, and individuals—and specifies the actions needed from each sector.
Alliance to End Hunger
Association of Nutrition Services Agency
Bread for the World
Center for Budget and Policy
Congressional Hunger Center
Feeding America
Food Research Action Committee
Mazon
RESULTS
Share our Strength
Society of St. Andrew
World Hunger Year
The End Hunger Network
Share Our Strength’s Hunger Map
Feeding America’s Hunger Map
Health & Human Services
U.S. Census Bureau
Bread for the World's Overview
The First Lady's Initiative: Let's Move
One in five children is struggling with hunger in America. In some U.S. counties though, that number is as high as one in two Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap illustrates the reality of hunger in communities nationwide.
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