DES MOINES, Iowa– Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) has announced its priorities in childcare and child hunger ahead of ...

In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the ...

City budget cuts seldom feel personal. It’s often months or years before we feel their impact on our lives. But last month, parents of nearly one million New York City public school students got a ...

As a small nonprofit, The Policy Project recognizes policy as an incredible tool to do widespread, upstream “good.” And we bit off a huge task this year — creating a statewide policy to address hunger ...

For Erin Kerr, this partnership with the Louisville-based sunglasses brand brings much more to Blessings in a Backpack than a ...

Children smile eating their school meal at Hondji Primary School in Benin in this 2022 photograph. The meals are provided by Mary's Meals, charity started in 2002 with meal distribution to 200 ...

Nearly one in five children in Louisiana younger than 18 lacks adequate food, according to an annual study released this week by Feeding America, a national food-advocacy group. Louisiana ranked 19th ...

If you’re anything like me, you overindulged a bit over the holidays. My body isn’t used to all the Christmas cookies, candy treats and that oh-too-regular post-dinner glass of Baileys Irish Cream ...

Summertime should be the best part of the year, but for too many children that last school bell signals the start of three long, hungry months at home. Sadly, more than 40,000 local students will need ...

Blessings in a Backpack is dedicated to closing the weekend hunger gap for the 13.8 million kids in America who struggle with food insecurity.

Sudan’s deepening war is driving unprecedented levels of hunger, child malnutrition and displacement, UN agencies report, as ...

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