The Department of Agriculture report, which has been released annually since 1995, said the number of Americans that were hungry rose to 14.6%. In 2007, 13 million households or 11.1% of Americans had trouble getting enough food. The one-year jump is all the more significant, given the number of hungry Americans had never been higher than 11.9% since these surveys began. Obama is now urging Congress to pass a "strong" child nutrition bill to help ensure that American children don't go hungry. To combat the nation's rapidly growing hunger problem, the Recovery Act is allocating $20 billion to the nation's food stamp program, and hundreds of millions of dollars to food banks and school lunch programs, including the USDA's Emergency Food Assistance Program, which was allocated an additional $150 million from the $787 billion economic stimulus plan.
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I think that Obama's idea for Congress to pass a "strong" child nutrition bill to help ensure American children don't go hungry, and the stimulus fund towards the nations food stamp programs and school lunch programs are both great steps forward in tackling the problem that some Americans are having regarding providing food for there families, however I think simply restoring job growth should be the primary focus. If more individuals become employed, it will make it easier for parents to provide food for their children and families.
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