You might be food insecure if you have ever been hungry, but didn’t eat, because you couldn’t afford enough food. – US Food Security Scale

Research has found that children in stepfamilies are at greater risk by receiving fewer food allocations than are children in biological families. – HHS Public Access

Workers who experienced hunger as children create a workforce pool that is less competitive, with lower levels of educational and technical skills, and seriously constrained human capital. – Nokidhungry.org

42% of those who receive nutritional support through the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are children. Yet only 22.6 percent of US residents are under the age of 18. – Hungertaskforce.org

Good nutrition is just like a good antibiotic or vaccine in preventing illness. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—SNAP, WIC, the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, Child and Adult Care Food Program, TEFAP and other public nutrition assistance programs are good medicine. – Nokidhungry.org

Private food assistance programs (Like FORK) guarantee that no child falls through the cracks by buttressing, complementing, and supporting the public nutrition infrastructure. – Nokidhungry.org

Fixing the child hunger problem provides an opportunity to make strong, well-educated, healthy children into an engine for growth in the American economy. – Nokidhungry.org

Food security can be defined as always having access to enough food for an active, healthy life. – Nokidhungry.org

Children from married-parent families have the lowest risk of food insecurity. – USDA

Hunger is the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a lack of food. – Nokidhungry.org