Nearly half of California families with young children report food insecurity

What happened

According to Local News Matters’s source item, Nearly half of California families with young children report food insecurity, NEARLY HALF OF PARENTS of young children in California — 47% — say they struggle with food insecurity. That’s higher than anything that’s been recorded since Stanford’s RAPID Survey Project began surveying parents of children under 6 in July 2024 about food insecurity. The Rapid Response considers a family food insecure if a survey respondent identifies with […] The post Nearly half of California families with young children report food insecurity appeared first on Local News Matters .

Context

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Source

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