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Website Search Results for: Food Security

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581. Second Year of Rural Scholars Program Brings Growth and New Focus Areas - News
Date: Oct 20, 2025

Highlights the new cohort of Indiana University students in the Rural Scholars Program, a program the matches students with experiential learning opportunities that address rural community vitality. Projects cover a range of topics including health, housing, nutrition, grant writing, and more. Source: Indiana University Bloomington Center for Rural Engagement News.

...based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Grant writing · Housing and homelessness · Networking and collaboration · Indiana...

582. Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children - Resources
Date: 2023

Discusses the factors that cause inequities and limited access to resources for young children, such as poverty, food insecurity, abuse and violence, lack of social and emotional safety, inadequate healthcare and schooling, and more. Discusses policy and practices aimed at reducing opportunity gaps, with a focus on historically disadvantaged populations, including those in rural areas.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Mental health · Policy · Poverty · Schools · Social determinants of health...

583. The Rural Food-Away-from-Home Landscape, 1990–2019 - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Examines the food-away-from-home (FAFH) landscape in nonmetropolitan counties between 1990 and 2019. Explores trends and differentiating features of FAFH access across the metropolitan divide and across the rural-urban continuum. Describes local economic conditions that are associated with more FAFH options.

...Access · Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

584. Rural Church Finds Its Hope for Tomorrow in Keeping Residents Eating Healthy Today - News
Date: Oct 21, 2025

Video discussing food deserts in Vermont and an initiative by one rural church to address hunger in their community. Source: United Church of Christ.

...Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Vermont...

585. USDA: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request - News
Date: Nov 20, 2025

The United States Department of Agriculture is seeking comments on an information collection titled "FNS Generic Clearance for the FNS Fast Track Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback." The Food and Nutrition Service in the USDA is seeking approval for an extension of generic clearance to collect qualitative feedback of services. The feedback is not intended for statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study. Comments are due by December 22, 2025. Source: Federal Register.

...study. Comments are due by December 22, 2025. Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Policy...

586. The Impact of Coronavirus on Households in Rural America - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Reports on the experiences of rural households during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses impacts on finances, employment, healthcare, housing, food, and child care. Concerns related to healthcare include access to care during the pandemic, concerns for those with special health issues such as chronic conditions, and use of telehealth.

...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Income · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

587. Does SNAP Cover the Cost of a Meal in Your County? - Resources
Date: May 2024

Analyzes the ability of the the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to cover the price of a meal. Includes background information on the program as well as an interactive map that shows the cost of a moderately priced meal by county and the proportion of the cost covered by SNAP, county designation according to the rural-urban continuum code (RUCC), and SNAP benefit per meal versus total cost of meal according to select time periods between 2022-2023.

...Institute Tagged as County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences...

588. Persistent Gaps in SNAP Benefit Adequacy across the Rural-Urban Continuum - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Report examining gaps in the adequacy of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to cover the cost of a meal across the rural-urban continuum using the USDA's Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCCs). Discusses characteristics of the counties with the largest gaps and addresses the policy implications of the 2021 Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) update to SNAP.

...Benefit enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

589. A Disaggregated View of Market Concentration in the Food Retail Industry - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Examines changes in food retailing market concentration at the national, state, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and county levels in the United States from 1990-2019, using data from the National Establishment Time Series dataset. Features statistics with breakdowns by metro, large nonmetro, small nonmetro, and rural areas.

...Research Service Tagged as Access · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

590. Rapid Health Impact Assessment on USDA Proposed Changes to School Nutrition Standards - Resources
Date: Mar 2020

Highlights a study on the health implications of proposed changes to the United States Department of Agriculture's nutrition guidelines for school lunches. Compares changes to current guidelines and highlights the impact the changes would have for students of color and students in rural communities.

...Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Tagged as Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Schools...