When the Pantry is Bare: Emergency Food Assistance and Hispanic Children

Last year, 14 million children (one in five children in the United States) lived in a family that used emergency food assistance through Feeding America, the nation's largest network of emergency food providers. Hispanic and black children received help at rates about triple that of white children, reflecting greater poverty rates for minorities.

Hispanic Heritage Month offers a fitting opportunity to examine the economic status of Hispanic children. Presenting new findings from Feeding America's Hunger in America 2010 study, this forum will examine economic need among Hispanic families, the role of private food assistance in supplementing the government?s nutrition safety net, and ways to increase income and reduce food insecurity during this recession and beyond.

Date: Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010

Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Location: The panel discussion will be held at the Urban Institute in Washington D.C., but a live audio webcast of the discussion will be available. Register at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=72475.