Congresswoman Alma Adams Introduces Resolution Highlighting Hunger Crisis
More than 48 Million Americans & 1.8 Million North Carolinians are Food Insecure
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12), a member of the House Committee on Agriculture and Subcommittee on Nutrition today introduced a resolution to highlight the severity of the hunger crisis in North Carolina's 12th District and across our nation.
Congresswoman Adams' resolution acknowledges that hunger impacts one in every seven Americans. It also highlights the critical role that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Earned Income Tax Credit and other programs play in putting food on the table and calls on Congress to strengthen these programs. Lastly, the resolution encourages Congress to streamline requirements for after school and summer meals programs to allow organizations to apply for federal funding while dedicating more resources to support children in need.
"Hunger impacts one in seven nationwide – and it's more severe in my District," said Congresswoman Adams. "The issue of food insecurity is a serious problem that has been ignored for far too long by too many policy makers in Washington. Congress must play a role in addressing hunger in the communities we represent which is why I introduced this resolution to draw attention to this issue and to charge Congress to act."
More than 48 million Americans are food insecure and 20 percent of children in America go to school hungry. In North Carolina, more than 1.8 million people are food insecure. Overall, North Carolina's 12th District is first in the state and ninth in the country for hunger. Greensboro and High Point are first in the nation for food insecurity. Congresswoman Adams launched the ‘Adams Hunger Initiative' in May, shortly after a report released by the Food Research and Action Center, listed High Point and Greensboro as first in the nation for food insecurity.
The hunger resolution is co-sponsored by: U.S. Representatives Marcia Fudge (OH-11), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-1), Tim Ryan (OH-17), Jim McGovern (D-MA), and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY).