Document Type
Newsletter
Publication Year
1979
Excerpt
More than eight million children in the U.S. have inadequate diets yet go to schools without breakfast programs. Half of those eligible for food stamps do not receive them. More than 25 million Americans exist on incomes lower than the poverty level (about $7000 for a family of four).
To demonstrate the needs of these hungry Americans, Bread for the World is targeting its 1979-80 "offering of letters" to encourage Congress to mandate a U.S. hunger survey. Bread for the World Director Arthur Simon feels the survey will benefit "the hidden poor who slip through the cracks between our various assistance programs (and who) are part of what might be called an 'underdeveloped country.' "
Recommended Citation
Lutheran Human Relations Association of America, "The Vanguard (Vol. 26, No. 9), Nov 1979" (1979). The Vanguard. 223.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/vanguard/223
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