Publisher: Center for American Progress
Author(s): Shepard, Donald S.; Donna Cooper; Elizabeth Setren
Published: October 2011
Estimates the recession’s impact on food insecurity and the national and state-by-state cost of hunger from hunger-induced illnesses, including depression; poor educational outcomes and reduced lifetime earnings, and private charity to help feed families.
Funder(s): Walmart Foundation
Subject(s): Social Science; Health; Philanthropy and Voluntarism