Resources

Below we have links to resources on

• National plans to end hunger
  
• Food insecurity and hunger
• Anti-hunger and food access organizations
• Social policy related to nutrition and health
• Child health and nutrition
• Immigrant health and wellbeing
• Food as a fundamental human right

National plans to end hunger

Food Insecurity & Hunger

The USDA/ERS Briefing Room on Food Insecurity gives the most recent national data and trends in food insecurity.  It provides information about how food insecurity is measured, and gives resources on the history and background of the measure.

Brandeis Center on Hunger and Poverty
The Center on Hunger and Poverty is a research center focusing on issues pertaining to food security and hunger.

Food Resource and Action Center
A national organization working to improve public policies to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States.

Anti-Hunger and Food Access Organizations

America’s 2^nd Harvest
The largets emergency food provider in the country.   See the most recent hunger report.

Share Our Strength
Works to end hunger and poverty in the US and abroad by mobilizing industries and individuals and creating community wealth to promote lasting change.

Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center
An organization working with partners across the Commonwealth to ensure food security for all Pennsylvanians.

Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger
The Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger serves as an information clearinghouse and a catalyst for collective action around the issue of hunger in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Their education and advocacy programs work to empower emergency food providers, to inform and mobilize concerned citizens and to help shape public policy.

Philabundance
Philabundance works to end hunger and malnutrition in the Delaware Valley by rescuing surplus food and distributing it to local organizations serving people in need. They have developed specific programs to address the nutritional needs of vulnerable populations, particularly children and seniors.

Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
Community Legal Services helps low-income Philadelphia residents with legal problems by providing them with advice and representation in civil matters, advocating for their legal rights and conducting community education about legal issues.

The Food Trust
The Food Trust works on initiatives to improve food access, education and marketing campaigns to help consumers improve their health, and public policies to advance these initiatives.


Social Policy Links

Coalition on Human Needs
An alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies which address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
A policy organization working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.

Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center is a nonpartisan resource devoted to providing independent, credible analysis on state tax, budget, and related policy matters. It particularly looks at the impact of current or proposed policies on working families.

Welfare Information Network
Ensures the tools and financing strategies that contribute to better futures for children, families and communities.

Center for Law and Social Policy
A national non-profit that works to improve the lives of low-income people.

The Urban League
Analyzes policies, evaluates programs and informs community development to improve social, civic and economic well-being.

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
A think tank on public policy issues of concern to African Americans and other communities of color.

THOMAS- Library of Congress
Makes federal legislative information freely available to the public.

Child Health & Nutrition Links

Maternity Care Coalition
An advocacy organization that increases the services for women and infants.

Strength
An anti-hunger advocacy organization fighting childhood hunger in the United States.

Docs for Tots
An advocacy organization that encourages more doctors to fulfill their important role as active advocates for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

Voices for America’s Children
A nonpartisan, national organization committed to speaking out for the well-being of children at the federal, state and local levels of government.

The Child Policy Research Center
Provides data analysis and interpretation to community leaders and policy makers interested in the well-being of children.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides nutrition information covering a wide spectrum of related topics.

KidsGrowth.com
A website tailored specifically toward the concerns and interests of today’s parents.

Food as Fundamental Human Right

The Right to Food--United Nations
The United Nations recognizes the right to food as a fundamental human right.  Click here to see documents prepared by the UN "special rapporteur" on the right to food. 

Center for Economic and Social Rights
The Center for Economic and Social Rights promotes the universal right to housing, education, health and a healthy environment, food, work, and an adequate standard of living by connecting local initiatives for social and economic justice to international institutions. 

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy.

FoodFirst
FoodFirst, also known as the Institute for Food and Development Policy, was created in 1975 with a mission to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger. They work to reshape the global food system in order to guarantee all people the resources necessary to produce or means to purchase sufficient food to lead healthy and productive lives.