Growing the Next Generation: Strategies to Improve Nutrition and
Child Development in Los Angeles County
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www.preventioninstitute.org/
growing.html
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This report was originally commissioned by the County of Los Angeles,
Department of Health Services. While some of the data are specific
to Los Angeles County, the issues addressed, recommendations, and
strategies within the paper are relevant and applicable to communities
everywhere.
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Center on Hunger and Poverty's Asset Development Institute
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www.centeronhunger.org/
pdf/statedata98-00.pdf
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A new report from the Center on Hunger and Poverty's Asset Development
Institute. Provides the first state-by-state comparative study of
key assets that all Americans need to succeed in today's economy.
Food insecurity is included as one of the key indicators of a household's
ability to meet its basic needs.
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Household Food Security in the United States, 2001
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www.ers.usda.gov/
publications/fanrr29/ |
This report, based on data from the December 2001 food security
survey, providese the most recent statistics on the food security
of U.S. households, as well as on how much they spent on food and
the extent to which food-insecure households participated in Federal
and community food assistance programs.
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Re-Engineering the Welfare System—A Study of Administrative
Changes to the Food Stamp Program: Final Report
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www.ers.usda.gov/
publications/fanrr17/ |
Re-Engineering the Welfare System—A Study of Administrative
Changes to the Food Stamp Program: Final Report
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Issues in Food Assistance—Assessing the Self-Sufficiency
of Food Stamp Leavers
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www.ers.usda.gov/
publications/fanrr26/fanrr26-8/ |
The Economic Research Service, USDA, and the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS, jointly funded and commissioned
four State studies to determine the well-being of able-bodied adults
without dependents (ABAWDs) who had left food stamps in the post-reform
era. Results of those studies are discussed in this issues brief.
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Hunger Study Brief from California Health Interview Survey (CHIS
2001)
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www.cfpa.net/hungerrelease.htm |
CHIS 2001 is California's largest representative health survey of
the state and its counties. |
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Last In Line: California's Food Stamp Program is Nation's Worst
at Responding to Rising Unemployment; Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
Lost
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www.hungeraction.net/media/
pdf_files/report_050803.pdf
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California Hunger Action Coalition's (CHAC) report on the status
of the food stamp program in California. |
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The Paradox of Hunger and Obesity in America
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www.frac.org/pdf/
hungerandobesity.pdf
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A joint report by the Center on Hunger and Poverty and the Food
Research and Action Center (FRAC), examines the emerging and seemingly
paradoxical relationship between hunger, food insecurity and obesity.
The report examines the health risks of both hunger/food insecurity
and obesity, and how both of these serious threats can co-exist in
the same household. |
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