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Food Insecurity Reaches Five Month High as Child Tax Credit Payments End
A new Census Bureau survey finds hunger is rising—just as pandemic relief is expiring.
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Hunger is rising this holiday season with the U.S. Census Bureau estimating more than 21 million Americans didn't have enough to eat in early December as pandemic relief payments run out and grocery prices rise.
Low-income families may soon face more pressure with monthly child tax credit payments ending and the Senate deadlocked on legislation to extend the program backed by President Joe Biden.