While private food assistance has long been a key component of the social safety net in
many parts of the world, the literature examining the organization and effectiveness of …

Rates of food insecurity have increased substantially in the United States (US), and more
families are turning to the charitable food system to help meet their needs. Prior studies have …

Background In recent reviews of available measures, no existing measures assessed all
four pillars of food security and most only assessed one or two pillars–predominantly the …

This study contributes to the growing literature on household resource allocation across time
by examining monthly cycles of food pantry visitation. This study uses 13 years of data from …

The temporary monthly child tax credit implemented in 2021 had the potential to affect many
aspects of child and family well-being, including poverty, hardship, use of food pantries …

Food pantries provide groceries to millions of households in the United States every year.
Although there is research and information on many other aspects of food pantries, including …

Objective To test the hypothesis that children in Food FARMacia—a six‐month food
insecurity intervention from May 2019 to January 2020—would have smaller age‐adjusted …

This paper examines risk factors influencing food insecurity during the first year of the
COVID-19 pandemic in a state in the US heavily impacted by it and offers recommendations …

About 10% of Americans are food insecure, lacking consistent access to enough food for a
healthy lifestyle. One way that the federal government seeks to reduce food insecurity is by …

Among the millions of food insecure people in high income countries, only a modest fraction
uses food pantries. Stigma is commonly cited as a barrier to use and may arise due to the …