Understanding the effects of hunger on adults, children and families as well as our society in general is an ongoing field of study. Governmental agencies, non-profits and private organizations devote considerable resources to the endeavor. We will provide information and links to important reports as they become available.

• School Breakfast Scorecard 2018–2019 School Year, FRAC, February 2020
• Map the Meal Gap 2019, Feeding America, May 2019
• Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, June, 2018
• Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: 2018-summer-nutrition-report, Food Research and Action Center, June 2018
• Map the Meal Gap 2018, Feeding America, May 2018
• 2030 Marks Important Demographic Milestones for U.S. Population, US Census Bureau, March 2018
• School Breakfast Score Card School Year 2016-2017, FRAC, February, 2018
•  School Breakfast-Making it Work in Large Districts 2016-2017, FRAC, February, 2018
• Income and Poverty in the United States-2016, United States Census Bureau, September, 2017
• USDA Household Food Security in the US in 2016, US Department of Agriculture, September, 2017
• The State of Senior Hunger in America in 2015, J. Zilak & C. Gundersen for Feeding America and National Foundation to End Senior Hunger, August 2017
• Hunger Doesn’t Take A Vacation-2017 Report, Food Research & Action Center, June 2017
• Trump Budget Gets Three-Fifths of Its Cuts From Programs for  Low- and Moderate-Income People, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, May 30, 2017
• Map the Meal Gap 2017, Feeding America, May, 2017 (on 2015 data)
• Schools_as_Nutrition_Hubs_full_report, School Nutrition Foundation & Share Our Strength, February, 2017
• School Breakfast Score Card School year 2015-2016, FRAC, February, 2017
• Hope-in-the-Hills: How local communities can feed hungry children in the rural Ozarks of Arkansas, Sean Alexander, Hendrix College, October, 2016
• Hidden Food Stress, Children’s HealthWatch, October, 2016
• Hunger On Campus: The Challenge of Food Insecurity for College Students, James Dabick, Brandon Mathews and Clare Cady, October, 2016
• SNAP Works for America’s Children, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, September, 2016
• Food-hardship-report-households-with-children-sep-2016, Food Research & Action Center, September 2016
• How-hungry-is-america-frac-2016, Food Research & Action Center, June 2016
• Household-food-security-in-the-united-states-2015, United States Department of Agriculture, 2016
• Map the Meal Gap 2016: Executive Summary, Feeding America, April 2016
• Map the Meal Gap, Overall Household Food Insecurity, Feeding America, April, 2016
• Map the Meal Gap, Child Food Insecurity, Feeding America, April, 2016
• Transitions Into Food Insecurity Associated With Behavioral Problems And Worse Overall Health Among Children, Health Affairs, February 2016
• 2014/2015 School Breakfast Scorecard, Food Research & Action Center, February 2016
• School Breakfast: Making it Work in Large School Districts, Food Research & Action Center, February 2016
• Freedom from Hunger: An Achievable Goal for the United States of America, Recommendations of the National Commission on Hunger to Congress and the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, 2015
• Long-term Benefits of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Executive Office of the President of the United States, December, 2015
• Breakfast After the Bell: Equipping Students for Academic Success, Secondary School Principals Share What Works, Food Research and Action Center and National Association of Secondary School Principals, November, 2015
• Focus on Obesity and Poverty, Food Research and Action Center, October, 2015
• New AAP Report Targets Lack of Adequate Food as Ongoing Health Risk to U.S. Children, American Academy of Pediatrics, October, 2015
• Healthy Active Arkansas: A 10-year Plan for Arkansas, October, 2015.
• Hunger in the Land of Plenty- 2014 Report, Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, October, 2015
• A Plan of Action to End Hunger in America, Food Research and Action Center, October, 2015
• ForwARd+Visions+2015, September 10, 2015
• USDA Report- Household Food Insecurity in 2014, US Department of Agriculture, September 10, 2015
• The Importance of Early Childhood Nutrition, WIC, and CACFP-august-2015
• Summer Nutrition Program Social Impact Analysis, Deloitte & No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices, June, 2015
• Summer Hunger is Too Expensive to Ignore, No Kid Hungry Micro Report, June, 2015
• Doctor’s Orders: Promoting Healthy Child Development by Increasing Food Security in Arkansas, Children’s HealthWatch, April, 2015
• The State of Senior Hunger in America 2013: An Annual Report, National Foundation to End Senior Hunger (NFESH), April, 2015
• Map The Meal Gap, Feeding America, 2015
• How Hungry is America, FRAC, 2015
• Hunger in America 2015-State Report for Arkansas, Feeding America, February, 2015
• School Breakfast Scorecard, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), February, 2015
• Hunger Doesn’t Take A Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2014, FRAC, 2014
• Household Food Security in the United States in 2013, United States Department of Agriculture, September, 2014
• Hunger in America 2014, Feeding America, August, 2014
• Hunger in America 2014, Arkansas Foodbank report, August 2014
• Hunger in America 2014, River Valley Food Bank report, August 2014
• The War on Poverty at 50: Significant Progress Made, but Renewed Dedication Needed, Bread for the World Institute, May-June 2014, No. 229
• State of Senior Hunger in America 2012: An Annual Report, May, 2014
• Map the Meal Gap: A Report on County and Congressional District Level Food Insecurity and County Food Cost in the United States in 2012, Feeding America, April, 2014
• Breakfast for Learning, Food Research and Action Center, Spring 2014
• Breakfast for Health, FRAC, Spring 2014
•  Food Assistance Landscape: FY2013 Annual Report, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Oliveira V., 2013;1-18.
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Child Food Security, James Mabli, PhD and Julie Worthington, BA, Pediatrics, January, 2014
• Spotlight on Senior Hunger: Adverse Health Outcomes of Food Insecure Older Americans, National Foundation to End Senior Hunger, 2013
• School_Breakfast_Scorecard_SY_2012_2013, Food Research and Action Center, January, 2014
• Study Finds Offering Healthier School Snacks Helps Kids Make Healthier Choices at Home, USDA,  November, 2013
• Food Hardship 2008-2012: Geography and Household Structure, September, 2013
• NKH_TeachersReport_2013, August, 2013
• Map the Meal Gap 2013, Feeding America, June, 2013
• No Kid Hungry Starts with Breakfast, Findings from Deloitte Analysis, Ending Childhood Hunger: A Social Impact Analysis, March, 2013
• No Kid Hungry Starts with Breakfast Solutions in Arkansas, March, 2013
• School Breakfast Scorecard, FRAC, January, 2013
• School Breakfast Participation Hits Two Major Milestones, Finds FRAC Report, January, 2013
• Hunger in Our Schools, Teachers Report 2012
• Food Insecurity and Obesity: Understanding the connections, Spring, 2011
• Child hunger and long-term adverse consequences for health, August 2010

RESOURCES

• Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap report provides data about household and childhood food insecurity at the state and county levels.
• Food Research and Action Center’s Food Hardship in America 2012 report looks at food hardship rates in states, regions and in select metropolitan areas.
• The Food Keeper – A Consumer Guide to Food Quality & Safe Handling