Federal Nutrition Policies That Affect Food Insecurity: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Furthermore, in the US, Black people are imprisoned at over five times the rate of White people, and Hispanicb people are imprisoned at over twice the rate of White people.25 Incarceration, especially for drug crimes, is inequitable at all stages in the US criminal justice system from policing to sentencing and a Hispanic is the term used in the original study b Hispanic is the term used in the or. [...] In this month’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the Biden-Harris administration addressed the inequities in SNAP and the need to expand program eligibility for college students, formerly incarcerated individuals, and residents in US territories receiving block grants.29 The administration has stated that they will work with Congress to expand access, and we hope that the N. [...] Accessed September 26, 2022. [...] Accessed September 26, 2022. [...] Accessed September 26, 2022.