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- Safety Net Programs Don’t Support High Rates of Trauma in Participants
  
  Sep 07, 2016
  
  New research by the Center for Hunger-Free Communities shows that participants in a federal assistance program for families living in poverty have overwhelmingly high levels of adversity and exposure to violence that can limit their success in the workplace. In spite of that, employment is a requirement to qualify for many of these programs.
  
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- Study: Safety Net Programs Don’t Support High Rates of Trauma in Participants
  
  Sep 01, 2016
  A recent study by researchers from Drexel University’s Center for Hunger-Free Communities found that a high number of participants in a federal cash assistance program have suffered significant childhood adversity, exposure to violence as adults and other poverty-related stressors, highlighting the need to take participants’ past trauma into account.
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- Witnesses Exhibit at African American Museum
  
  Aug 05, 2016
  
  Witnesses to Hunger held a national photo exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.
  
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- Photo Exhibit at African American Museum Will Speak the Truth about Poverty
  
  Jul 22, 2016
  As Democratic National Convention visitors come to Philadelphia, Witnesses to Hunger at Drexel University will unmask the truth of American poverty through photography and personal testimonies in an exhibit at the African American Museum.
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- Witnesses to Hunger Featured in Sundance Documentary
  
  Jun 17, 2016
  
  Witness Tianna Gaines-Turner was featured in the documentary A Hug from Paul Ryan, a project of the Sundance Doc Club.
  
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- Chilton and Witnesses to Hunger Present at Nobel Peace Prize Forum
  
  Jun 17, 2016
  
  Center for Hunger-Free Communities Director Mariana Chilton, PhD, and Witnesses to Hunger member Tamara Santiago participated in the Nobel Peace Prize Forum.
  
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- Witnesses to Hunger Expert Star of “A Hug From Paul Ryan” Documentary
  
  May 23, 2016
  A participant and expert of Drexel’s Witnesses to Hunger advocacy program is the focus of a new documentary that is part of a series looking at social issues in the United States.
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- Witnesses to Hunger Launches Washington D.C. Site
  
  Feb 07, 2016
  
  On January 14 Witnesses to Hunger launched a site in Washington, D.C, in partnership with Martha's Table.
  
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- Children's Hunger Born From Mothers' Trauma
  
  Feb 03, 2015
  A new Drexel public health study shows that trauma and chronic stress are a largely overlooked part of the picture of why one in five American households with young children live with food insecurity.
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- 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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