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Ending Hungerin America 2014 HUNGERHUNGER REPORTREPORT ENDING HUNGER IN AMERICA 2014 HUNGER REPORTREPORT ENDING HUNGER IN AMERICA Co-Publisher Margaret Wallhagen and Bill Strawbridge Partners American Baptist Churches USA World Relief Bon Secours Health System Catholic Charities, U.S.A. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Christian Reformed Church Church of the Brethren, Global Food Crisis Fund Church World Service Community of Christ Congressional Hunger Center Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Lutheran Church in America World Hunger Foods Resource Bank International Orthodox Christian Charities Lutheran World Relief Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Presbyterian Hunger Program 425 3rd Street SW, Suite 1200 Reformed Church in America Washington, DC 20024 Salvation Army National Corporation Telephone (202) 639-9400 Sisters of Bon Secours of Paris Fax (202) 639-9401 Sisters of Bon Secours USA [email protected] Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission www.bread.org/institute The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church The Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order, Inc. United Church of Christ (National) Scan the QR code United Methodist Committee on Relief for quick access to Wesleyan Church Women’s Missionary Society of the African the Hunger Report Methodist Episcopal Church website and updates World Relief throughout 2014. World Renew 2014 HUNGER REPORT ENDING HUNGER IN AMERICA 24th Annual Report on the State of World Hunger Published with the generous support of Margaret Wallhagen and Bill Strawbridge 425 3rd Street SW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20024 USA www.bread.org/institute Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and strategies to end it. The Institute educates opinion leaders, policy makers, and the public about hunger in the United States and abroad. © 2013 by Bread for the World Institute 425 3rd St. SW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20024 Telephone: 202.639.9400 Fax: 202.639.9401 Email: [email protected] www.bread.org/institute All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher except for brief passages quoted in review. Printer: HBP, Hagerstown, MD. Printed on recycled paper. Cover photo by Joe Molieri/Bread for the World Manufactured in the United States of America First Edition Published in November 2013 978-0-9843249-4-1 ii Bread for the World Institute Bread for the World Institute President David Beckmann President Emeritus Arthur Simon Managing Director Alice Walker Duff Director Asma Lateef Senior Editor Todd Post Associate Editor Michele Learner Senior International Policy Analyst Scott Bleggi Foreign Assistance Policy Analyst Faustine Wabwire Senior Immigration Policy Analyst Andrew Wainer Project Fellow Derek Schwabe Project Coordinator Cheryle Adams Grants Manager Judith Toni Design Doug Puller Dominic Duren, assistant director of the HELP Program, pauses for a photo with his son Dominic Jr. in the basement of St. Francis De Sales in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by Joe Molieri/Bread for the World www.bread.org/institute ■ 2014 Hunger Report iii Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................... viii FOREWORD BY DAVID BECKMANN .......................................................................................1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................3 Executive INTRODUCTION: SETTING A GOAL AND DEVELOPING A PLAN .............................................11 Summary Setting a Goal ................................................................................................................13 A Plan to End Hunger .....................................................................................................15 Introduction ■ Box i.1 The Churn and the Response ...................................................................20 ■ Box i.2 We Need a Safety Net That is Strong, Resilient, and More Compassionate Than the One We Have ............................................................................24 ■ Box i.3 The Circle of Protection ............................................................................25 In Search of the Common Good .....................................................................................28 The Way Forward ...........................................................................................................30 ■ Box i.4 Income Inequality as it Relates to Family Stability ....................................31 THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN COMBATTING DOMESTIC HUNGER ......................................................................................................32 by Rep. Frank R. Wolf, Virginia - 10th District THE IMPORTANCE OF A WHITE HOUSE SUMMIT TO END HUNGER ..............................33 by Rep. Jim McGovern, Massachusetts - 2nd District CHAPTER 1: GETTING BACK TO FULL EMPLOYMENT .......................................... 35 Reaching Full Employment .............................................................................................38 ■ Box 1.1 “There Are a Lot of People Out There Like Me.” ......................................40 The Fed’s Power to Reduce Unemployment and Poverty ................................................41 The Deficit Debate and Job Creation ...............................................................................43 ■ Box 1.2 Sequestration: What is it and What is Bread for the World Doing About It? ................................................................................................44 Invest in Infrastructure and Emerging Industries ............................................................48 Support Entrepreneurship in Low-Income Communities ................................................51 ■ Box 1.3 On the Bus to a Sustainable Future .........................................................51 A “Skills Gap” or a “Demand Gap”? ...............................................................................55 AMERICA NEEDS REVENUE-RAISING, PROGRESSIVE TAX REFORM ............................57 Chapter 1 by Steve Wamhoff, Citizens for Tax Justice CHAPTER 2: A FAIR DEAL FOR WORKERS ....................................................... 61 Chapter 2 America’s Poverty-Wage Workers ..................................................................................64 ■ Box 2.1 Restaurant Work .....................................................................................66 ■ Box 2.2 Retail work .............................................................................................67 Balancing Work and Family ............................................................................................68 Child and Adult Care Workers: The Other Side of the Equation .......................................71 An Honest Day’s Pay ......................................................................................................74 A Higher Road to Better-Paying Jobs .............................................................................77 Bargaining Power ..........................................................................................................79 IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S. FOOD SYSTEM ...................................................................83 by Andrew Wainer, Bread for the World Institute CHAPTER 3: INCLUSION FOR THE EXCLUDED AND DENIED ....................................87 Ex-Offenders/Returning Citizens.....................................................................................88 At-Risk Youth .................................................................................................................93 ■ Box 3.1 Neither Seen Nor Heard: LGBT Youth and Hunger ...................................96 Adults and Children with Disabilities ............................................................................100 Chapter 3 Low-Income Seniors ....................................................................................................106 FEDERAL POLICY IDEAS TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER .............................................114 Chapter 4 by Duke Storen, Share Our Strength CHAPTER 4: LOCAL LEADERS WORKING WITH NATIONAL PARTNERS TO END HUNGER ... 117 In 2013, the Nutrition Safety Net Comes Under Attack .................................................118 Indianapolis, Indiana: Hoosier Pie ................................................................................121 ■ Box 4.1 Hoosier Heroes .....................................................................................122 ■ Box 4.2 Why A Public/Private System Is Our Nation’s Best Choice for Feeding the Hungry ..............................................................................124 Dayton, Ohio: Bringing Hunger Home ..........................................................................126 ■ Box 4.3 Ending Hunger, One Step at a Time. ......................................................128 A Leadership Challenge ................................................................................................129 ■ Box 4.4 Eyewitness to Hunger, an Account by Pediatrician Dr. Lewis First .........132 Arkansas: No Kid Hungry .............................................................................................133 ■ Box 4.5 The Arkansas No Kid Hungry Campaign ................................................134 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Witnesses to Hunger .........................................................136
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