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Florida Keys food pantries are struggling to stay stocked up at a time when they鈥檙e seeing demand for food nearly double. 鈥淭he bottom line is Monroe is really starving right now,鈥 said the CEO of the largest food pantry operator in the Keys.
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Millions of children are going without extra food on the table this summer, after 13 states said no to joining a federal program that helps families in need buy groceries.
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Florida opted out of the program for 2024 earlier this year. It's estimated the state lost out on around $250 million in food benefits for families.
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Congress is considering a bill that would boost tax breaks for low-income families with children. The proposal is still awaiting action by the U.S. Senate.
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The newest food benefits program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture will officially launch in the summer of 2024. The deadline for states to sign up was Jan. 1.
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Eating is a basic physiological need. How that need is met is, increasingly often, is dependent on income. Between two public universities in the same Florida city, income and access lines can be as pronounced as the railroad tracks that divide them.
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Nonprofit Feeding South Florida tells 港澳天下彩even middle-class families are asking for help during the holidays in this affordability crisis, while some kids worry about not having school meals during holiday breaks.
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Overall, about 9% of South Floridians don鈥檛 have enough to eat, according to the food bank Feeding South Florida. Here's a list of organizations across South Florida that are distributing food to families in need.
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More than a third of Floridians earning $50,000 to $100,000 reported experiencing food insecurity over the past year, according to a survey published by No Kid Hungry.
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Food banks and nonprofits say inflation has hurt fundraising and made it hard to handle a surge in demand. One CEO says the need is close to the height of the pandemic.
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Light blue cans of black beans line Centro Juan Diego鈥檚 food pantry, where volunteers pack them away with bags of rice to hand out to the people lined up outside. The halls are lined with palettes of ready-to-eat meals and bottled water. Centro Juan Diego feeds clients year-round. But after Ian, she said, the need quadrupled.
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The national "Empty Bowls" event to raise funds in the fight against hunger comes to Palm Beach Gardens for the first time.