Report: Childhood Hunger in America’s Suburbs

This Fair Share Education Fund report vividly demonstrates how the geography of childhood hunger has changed since the onset of the Great Recession, from 2007 to 2009. The money stat: Of the millions of schoolchildren who became eligible for the National School Lunch Program after the Great Recession hit, fully 45 percent of them live in America’s suburbs. 23 percent live in cities, 20 percent live in rural areas and 12 percent live in small- or mid-sized towns. Get the report (PDF).

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Fair Share Education Fund is a non-partisan, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that promotes economic fairness and sustainability through independent research, practical ideas, effective educational campaigns, and grassroots outreach. The Education Fund works for an America where everyone gets their fair share, pays their fair share, and does their fair share; and where everybody plays by the same rules, by making the case for sensible policy solutions, activating citizens in their communities, and helping ordinary citizens make their voices heard.

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