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Meager pay, poor nutrition for many military families: National embarrassment for U.S.? (Frontiersman)

November 17, 2023 — “This is an embarrassment. We ask so much of these people (military families) and we pay them so little. And then we deny them the SNAP benefit,” said Josh Protas, vice president for policy at MAZON, a national group long active in low-income food assistance.

Speaker Decries Federal Programs That Many Back Home Count On (Bloomberg Government)

November 16, 2023 — “The centrality of this to the speaker is something that is new in my experience,” said Abby Leibman, president of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. “This is another example of somebody who has a position that is relatively extreme and is not troubled by the way in which this will affect the people who sent him to Congress,” she added.

Veterans Who Are Food Insecure Are Less Likely to Seek Help Than Civilians (The War Horse)

October 26, 2023 — Income guidelines for determining food assistance eligibility also hit the active-duty military population. Service members receive a basic allowance for housing—a nontaxable entitlement to offset housing costs. Though many federal programs don’t consider this income, SNAP does. Josh Protas, vice president of public policy at MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, a nonprofit working to end food insecurity, says that pushes many low-income, junior enlisted service members with kids out of eligibility.

Why Jews Should Care About the Farm Bill (Washington Jewish Week)

October 2, 2023 — Sept. 29 marks the next phase of the sacred High Holy Day season with the beginning of Sukkot. This year, the Jewish community’s harvest festival aligns with the expiration of the Farm Bill — one of the most transformational pieces of legislation that Congress regularly reauthorizes.

A Government Shutdown Would Be Deadly for Hungry and Food-Insecure Americans (Ms. Magazine)

September 26, 2023 — We shouldn’t have to beg lawmakers to provide funding for programs that have proven to reduce hunger, improve birth outcomes, reduce infant mortality, and promote healthy growth and child development. But we will if we must.

Hungry College Students Need Help (New York Times)

August 31, 2023 — Re “A Food Pantry That Keeps Hunger at Bay for Needy College Students,” by James Barron (New York Today newsletter, nytimes.com, Aug. 14)

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