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The farm bill can strengthen almost every federal nutrition program that helps ease the strain and stress of hunger in communities across the country.

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• Understanding TEFAP: The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) plays a crucial role in food banking, connecting farms to food banks and providing nutritious food to those who need it.
• Understanding SNAP: Learn key facts about the most effective hunger-relief program in the U.S.
• A Feeding America poll shows 85% of likely voters support increasing TEFAP funding in the next farm bill. 80% agree it is possible to invest more in SNAP while also addressing other national priorities.
• Hunger facts (below): Get the latest statistics on food insecurity and the importance of strengthening programs like TEFAP and SNAP.
• The Food Bank’s Public Policy Priorities.

Understanding and using these resources, will help better equip you to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people experiencing food insecurity.

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Hunger facts:

• 100% of counties and congressional districts are home to people living with hunger.
• Hunger exists in every zip code in the U.S.
• Food insecurity among Black or Latino individuals is higher than white individuals in more than 9 out of every 10 counties.
• Child food insecurity rates are higher than 40% in some counties in the U.S.
• 1 in 3 people living with hunger are unlikely to qualify for SNAP.
• People living with hunger report needing more than $20 more per week to meet their food needs.
• 8 out of 10 high food insecurity counties are in the South.
• 9 out of 10 high food insecurity counties are rural.
• There is demand for bipartisan action on hunger. A No Kid Hungry poll shows 9 in 10 Virginians say elected officials should do more to end childhood hunger, and nearly all say that ending childhood hunger in Virginia should be a shared, bipartisan effort.

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