Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-150) 21 pp

March 2016

The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2015 Annual Report

This report uses preliminary data from USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to examine trends in U.S. food and nutrition assistance programs through fiscal 2015 (October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015) and USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) data to examine trends in the prevalence and severity of household food insecurity in the United States through 2014.

Keywords: Food assistance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, school lunch, school breakfast, Child and Adult Care Food Program, food insecurity, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, WIC

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