Quote of the Day, April 22, 2013, excerpted from Politico, “New Debate over ‘Working Poor,’” by David Rogers “Where are the jobs?” Speaker John Boehner like[...]

Quote of the Day, February 26,  2013, excerpted from This Week in Poverty: How Obama Can Fight Hunger Now by Greg Kaufmann in The Nation. If the sequester cuts takes effect, 600,00[...]

Quote of the Day, November 6, 2012 AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 6, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – With over 46 million Americans relying on the Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP), com[...]

Quote of the Day – October 15, 2012 We are following DC Hunger Solutions’ Food Stamp Challenge this week. Here are some reflections from challenge participants as they round [...]

DC Hunger Solutions is sponsoring the 2012 Food Stamp Challenge in the nation’s capital. Jessica Luna, Program Associate, DC Hunger Solutions provides some background on the role t[...]

DC Hunger Solutions is sponsoring the 2012 Food Stamp Challenge in the nation’s capital. Jessica Luna, Program Associate, D.C. Hunger Solutions provides some reasons for the [...]

DC Hunger Solutions is sponsoring the 2012 Food Stamp Challenge in the nations capital. The Food Stamp Challenge gives participants a view of what life can be like for millions of [...]

Quote of the Day, June 22, 2012 Tuesday was an even worse day than usual to be poor in America. Why? Because an amendment to the Farm Bill that would have reversed a $4.5 billion c[...]

Quote of the Day: June 11, 2012 We planned our meals meticulously for the week and shopped in multiple markets to find the best value at the lowest prices; a time consuming and dif[...]

Quote of the Day, June 8, 2012 The importance of food stamps as an antipoverty measure can’t be overstated. The program lifted 3.9 million Americans above the poverty line in 2010,[...]