US: A quarter of children being raised by grandparents face hunger (Includes audio) (May require subscription)
Washington Post – November 04, 2022
In households across the country, many grandparents are struggling to feed the children in their care. And inflation has only made that harder: The cost of food has jumped 11.2 percent in the past year, according to the September report on the consumer price index released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Coleman experienced what researchers call “food insecurity.” Such households are uncertain how to or unable to get enough food to meet all of their family’s needs, because they don’t have enough money or other resources. Food insecurity is far worse for Americans who have taken over the raising of their grandchildren than those who haven’t, according to a new report by Generations United, an organization dedicated to helping what it calls “grandfamilies.”
Also: New report finds grandparent-headed households experience food insecurity at twice the national rate (Press release): https://www.gu.org/app/uploads/2022/10/SOGF-2022-Press-Release-Final-10_27.pdf
Also: 2022 State of Grandfamilies Report: https://www.gu.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022-Grandfamilies-Report-FINAL-WEB.pdf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/11/04/grandparents-report-food-insecurity/