West Virginia has the Feed to Achieve Act, which has initiatives in place to feed children. However, the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy reports West Virginia has the sixth-highest rate of child poverty, at 24 percent, as of 2018. Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development, and food insecurity and poverty go hand in hand. Liz Brunello, AFSC's Youth Leadership Program Associate in West Virginia, and Jenny Anderson, of Our Future West Virginia, discuss food insecurity in West Virginia.
Brunello, Anderson: WV can improve getting food to hungry kids (Opinion)
West Virginia has the Feed to Achieve Act, which has initiatives in place to feed children. However, the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy reports West Virginia has the sixth-highest rate of child poverty, at 24 percent, as of 2018. Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development, and food insecurity and poverty go hand in hand. Liz Brunello, AFSC's Youth Leadership Program Associate in West Virginia, and Jenny Anderson, of Our Future West Virginia, discuss food insecurity in West Virginia.