2020

November
- Half of American Families Say They Fear a Hungry Holiday Season
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  Nov 25, 2020
  
  Looking ahead to the next four weeks, 56% of households with children nationwide are “not very confident” they will be able to afford needed food. Nine percent said they are “not at all confident.” In Pennsylvania, 52% of households are “not very confident"; in New Jersey, the number is 55%.
  
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- YHHAP Discusses Policing, Incarceration and Homelessness with Panel of Experts
  
  Yale Daily News
  
  Nov 17, 2020
  
  On Nov. 14, the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project, a student organization focused on tackling hunger and homelessness in New Haven, hosted a Zoom panel to discuss policing, incarceration and homelessness.
  
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September
- Pre-COVID-19, Economic Signs Were Up
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  Sep 17, 2020
  
  Philadelphia's poverty rate fell and its median household income increased in 2019 — economic developments both hailed for moving the city in the right direction, and dismissed as now irrelevant in the age of COVID-19.
  
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August
- COVID Threatens Bigger Death Toll From Starvation Than Infection
  
  Bloomberg
  
  Aug 31, 2020
  
  As many as 132 million more people could go hungry as the pandemic exposes ‘cracks in the system’.
  
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- More Americans are going hungry amid the coronavirus pandemic
  
  CBS News
  
  Aug 24, 2020
  
  According to census data, almost 20% of Americans with kids at home could not afford to give their children enough food. Professor Mariana Chilton teaches health management and policy at Drexel University and joins CBSN to discuss how the pandemic has impacted hunger in America.
  
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July
- Number of households with hungry children nearing 14 million, study finds
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  Jul 28, 2020
  
  While the coronavirus isn’t hitting children as hard as adults, the economic effects of COVID-19 appear to be having a disproportionate effect on young people in one vital area: hunger. Food insecurity is rising among American children as the coronavirus savages the economy, diminishing the salaries of parents struggling to feed their kids.
  
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June
- Close-Knit Communities for Better Outcomes: Using Peer Groups
  
  Networks that Work, University of North Carolina School of Government
  
  Jun 15, 2020
  
  In this podcast, “Close-Knit Communities for Better Outcomes: Using Peer Groups,” we feature the Building Wealth and Health Network, a program designed to incentivize entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
  
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- Reducing Food Insecurity and Improving Mental Health
  
  News Medical
  
  Jun 11, 2020
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic forces so many to reckon with growing food insecurity and increased health challenges, the Building Wealth and Health Network program of Drexel University's Center for Hunger-Free Communities is reducing food insecurity and improving mental health - without distributing any food or medicine.
  
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- 49 Black Food Experts To Know and Learn From — Nutritionists, Chefs and More
  
  Mind Body Green
  
  Jun 09, 2020
  
  Food can be a form of comfort, solace, fuel, and a connection to one's family and culture. And yes, food should be included in the conversation about racial inequality. In fact, the two are deeply intertwined.
  
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May
- Census caravan encourages New Haven to be counted, including the undocumented
  
  New Haven Register
  
  May 08, 2020
  
  As of Friday, 46 percent of the city has filled out a form; 38 percent of the city completed it online. 2020 is the first census year where the form is available online.
  
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- COVID-19 Expose Stark Inequalities Across U.S. as Thousand Struggle Daily to Find Food
  
  The Appeal
  
  May 07, 2020
  
  ‘It’s not only poor people standing in food lines, or going to food pantries and soup kitchens. Now you have the middle class and businesses that are suffering, too,’ one organizer said.
  
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- ‘I Know You’re Angry With Me Right Now Because You’re Hungry’
  
  New York Times
  
  May 07, 2020
  
  How parents in food-insecure households are stretching meals and struggling to nourish their kids during the pandemic.
  
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April
- 'It’s a Bucket Brigade on a 5-Alarm Fire.' Food Banks Struggle to Keep Up With Skyrocketing Demand
  
  TIME
  
  Apr 24, 2020
  
  Until recently, the U.S. economy was sailing through the longest expansion on record—trumpeting record-low jobless rates and a bull stock market. But after just five weeks of recession, tens of millions of Americans are suddenly without the most basic necessities, including food and medical care.
  
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- Big ideas to fight food insecurity as coronavirus threatens a hunger pandemic
  
  KYW 1060AM
  
  Apr 24, 2020
  
  Food insecurity is already an issue all over the world, and sadly, that includes right here in Philadelphia. Mariana Chilton, director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities and professor at Drexel University joins KYW In Depth to break down why we're facing a hunger crisis, and her ideas about what is needed to fight back.
  
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- Food Insecurity Rises Amid Pandemic
  
  WHYY Radio Times
  
  Apr 23, 2020
  
  Unemployment has skyrocketed under the coronavirus shut-down, leaving many unable to meet their most basic needs. Food pantries across the region have seen an increase in use, where people are lining up for donated food to bring home to their families. Today on the show we’re going to discuss food insecurity in the age of coronavirus – how it’s being handled by local non-profits and by government at all levels.
  
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- Food Banks See Rise In Demand As Donations Dip
  
  Newsy
  
  Apr 21, 2020
  
  Food banks and soup kitchens face a surge in demand due to job loss across the country.
  
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- Frontline Providers Hustle To Keep City Fed
  
  New Haven Independent
  
  Apr 17, 2020
  
  A comprehensive digital guide to food pantries and soup kitchens. A drive-through farmers market with no cap on doubled food stamp dollars. Mutual aid collaborations designed to get food to immigrants in need. Those are among the grassroots efforts in town to make sure New Haveners don’t starve during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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- Amazon, Walmart and the low-income grocery-shopping divide exposed by the coronavirus
  
  CNBC
  
  Apr 08, 2020
  
  SNAP program restrictions for online grocery shopping and delivery contribute to public health threats faced by as many as 35 million low-income Americans during the coronavirus.
  
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- Cell phone records show dramatic drop in regional travel outside Philly after governor's COVID-19 order.
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  Apr 08, 2020
  
  In the days since, travel in the Philadelphia region has nearly come to a halt, though city residents have remained somewhat more mobile than their suburban and South Jersey counterparts.
  
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March
- During coronavirus outbreak, telemedicine is an answer - if you're covered
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  Mar 19, 2020
  
  To its advocates, telemedicine is the perfect remedy for a pandemic, but not everyone in Pennsylvania can afford to access it.
  
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- Murphy: Congress must focus on stopping coronavirus spread, not bailouts
  
  New Haven Register
  
  Mar 19, 2020
  
  In the most recent stimulus package, Connecticut will receive $400 million for health care, and Murphy said he hopes the next one will create additional nutritional supports.
  
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- Money can buy some protection from coronavirus. But the poor can’t afford it, leaving them more vulnerable
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  Mar 14, 2020
  
  As the coronavirus expands in the Philadelphia area, there is growing concern that low-income residents and people in poverty may suffer disproportionately — directly, by getting sick, and indirectly, through disruptions to their work lives.
  
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2020

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Bloomberg

CBS News

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New Haven Register

The Appeal

New York Times

TIME

KYW 1060AM

WHYY Radio Times

Newsy

New Haven Independent

CNBC

Philadelphia Inquirer

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New Haven Register

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