2014

- Report Shows Challenges for Working Families in Transition Off of Public Benefits
  
  Dec 12, 2014
  A "cliff effect"—families losing benefits in the transition out of poverty—is the focus of a new policy report released today by Drexel’s Center for Hunger-Free Communities and Children’s HealthWatch based on data collected in Philadelphia from 2005 through 2013.
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- Celebrating Food Stamps Half Century Protecting Public Health
  
  Oct 28, 2014
  A Drexel research program has spawned a nationwide social media campaign to celebrate the many benefits of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on its 50th anniversary, promoting children's health and supporting working parents.
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- Tianna Gaines-Turner Testifies at War on Poverty Hearing
  
  Jul 09, 2014
  
  Witnesses to Hunger member Tianna Gaines-Turner testified in front of the House Budget Committee at the "War on Poverty: Working with Families" Hearing.
  
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- Witnesses to Hunger Photo Exhibit Returns to Boston City Hall
  
  Apr 29, 2014
  Mothers caring for young children on limited incomes, who are part of the groundbreaking “Witnesses to Hunger” program, will reunite for a photo exhibit and events at Boston’s City Hall this May. They will participate in vital discussions addressing the health impacts of poverty and on critical issues affecting mothers and children in commemoration of Mother’s Day.
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- Witnesses to Hunger Photo Exhibit on Capitol Hill
  
  Mar 26, 2014
  “Witnesses to Hunger,” a groundbreaking project featuring the voices and photography of parents and caregivers who have experienced hunger and poverty first-hand, is returning to the nation’s capital on April 3 and 4.
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- Mariana Chilton Appointed to National Commission on Hunger
  
  Feb 14, 2014
  
  Center Director Mariana Chilton was appointed to the National Commission on Hunger, which focuses on developing innovative methods to help solve the looming concern of hunger in the U.S.
  
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- Mariana Chilton Appointed to National Commission on Hunger
  
  Feb 12, 2014
  Mariana Chilton, PhD, an associate professor in the School of Public Health, was appointed to the National Commission on Hunger. As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (H.R.3547), the 10-member commission focuses on developing new innovative methods to help solve the looming concern of hunger in the U.S.
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- Drexel Program Participant Tianna Gaines-Turner Gets a Seat at the State of the Union
  
  Jan 27, 2014
  Tianna Gaines-Turner, a low-income mother of three children from North Philadelphia, will attend the State of the Union address as a guest of Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey on Jan. 28, the Senator announced today. Her attendance marks a new achievement of a Drexel program raising the voices of families living in poverty to gain a place in the national conversation.
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