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A new study by Ohio United Way shows 40 percent of Ohio households are struggling to come up with enough resources to provide basic necessities. Nearly…
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Some 55 percent of families with kids on SNAP have jobs — they just don't earn enough to live on. Many states where reliance on SNAP is heaviest voted overwhelmingly for Trump last November.
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Pantries in southwest Virginia — where poverty is rampant and coal jobs are vanishing — will take whatever they can get to stock bare shelves. Some also offer help with health care and job training.
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Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill designed to help people living in urban areas who cannot readily access fresh foods. The legislation requires those…
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U.S. Postal Service letter carriers across Ohio and the nation are participating in the annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive on Saturday. Jeffrey Frey is…
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The City of Columbus is providing funding to a faith-based non-profit to build a grocery store and cafe in Franklinton. The 5-thousand square-foot store…
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Columbus City Council last night approved a "food action plan" that's been two years in the making. The City and Franklin County have been working to…
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The government says there was a big drop last year in the number of Americans struggling to get enough to eat, especially children. The USDA credits food aid like the school lunch program and SNAP.
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A new report illustrates the continued struggles of many Ohioans in obtaining adequate, nutritious food. The report called "Map the Meal Gap," prepared by…
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Sixteen percent of Ohioans lived in poverty last year, and nearly a third were under the federal poverty line for at least a portion of of 2015. Those are…