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Retailers rethink SNAP strategy as enrollment and spending decline
As SNAP enrollment shrinks, retailers rethink value, convenience and e-commerce....
Americans are trimming their grocery carts
Americans are putting fewer groceries in their carts than they were a year ago, extending a troubling trend for the food industry. The number of items sold at grocery stores have fallen nearly 2% year...
‘My Shelves Are Very Empty’: How a Year of SNAP Cuts Is Pressuring the Food System
This Civil Eats article examines how the first year of SNAP changes enacted through the 2025 federal tax law has affected individuals, food banks, and local food systems across the country. Through fi...
Cash Transfers and Child Health in the US: What Is Known and What Questions Remain
A Health Affairs brief that reviews the growing body of evidence on how direct cash transfer programs can improve child and family health by reducing financial stress and enabling families to meet bas...
Many Families Rely on Credit and Savings to Afford Groceries
This Urban Institute brief examines how rising grocery prices are forcing many families to rely on credit cards, Buy Now, Pay Later loans, payday loans, and depleted savings to afford basic food needs...
How DC Central Kitchen Keeps Expanding While Other Nonprofits Shrink
This Chronicle of Philanthropy article profiles 2023 H2HC Prize for Innovation winner DC Central Kitchen and the organization’s approach to addressing hunger by pairing nutritious meals with wor...
How Ownership-Based ‘Food Is Medicine’ Initiatives Can Advance Structural Change
This Health Affairs Forefront article argues that Food Is Medicine initiatives should move beyond delivering food to also build long-term community wealth and local food system capacity. The authors p...
The Quiet Unraveling of America’s Food Safety Net
This Politico Magazine article explores how proposed federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could shift greater financial responsibility to states, using Maine as a ca...
The Trump Administration Has Changed Almost Every Aspect of Food Stamps
An article from the New York Times examines how changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) under the Trump administration are reshaping food assistance for millions of Americans. ...
Kraft Center at Mass General Brigham Launches $100,000 Community Health Prize
The Kraft Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Community Health recognizes and celebrates transformative organizations, programs, or innovations that are making a measurable impact on health outcome...