The complexity of addressing food insecurity in central Indiana has grown since March, according to experts at IBJ’s “Hunger & Health” event on Friday.
Fishers-based Aggressively Organic Inc., an agricultural technology company that focuses on alleviating food insecurity, announced plans in 2017 to hire 200 people by the end of 2021.
Panelists at the Hunger and Health event on Thursday said food insecurity is fueled by a wide range of issues, from the high cost of housing to a lack of awareness among Hoosiers that they could qualify for federal nutrition-assistance programs.
Because of the reach and complexity of food insecurity, this problem requires everyone—businesses, not-for-profits and individuals—to pitch in to address it.
Because of the reach and complexity of food insecurity, this problem requires everyone—businesses, not-for-profits and individuals—to pitch in to address it.
Hamilton and Boone counties are home to upscale communities, but the suburbs are not immune to problems like unemployment, homelessness and food insecurity.
Officials looking at the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from a law enforcement view see it as a huge problem, costing taxpayers billions a year taken by both organized crime and people who receive benefits.
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The plan is described as a “collaborative effort” to be jointly led by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and the Indiana Department of Health.
In response to Attorney General Todd Rokita’s social media posts, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett told The Indiana Lawyer that he discourages any request for a National Guard intervention.
SNAP regularly costs the federal government about $9 billion a month. But the federal shutdown, which has lasted more than a month, has affected the program because Congress has not appropriated new funds for it.
States like Indiana must use their own dollars to keep funds flowing to families or let it lapse, a move that could cut benefits for tens of thousands of Hoosiers.
LCFS provides the programs in collaboration with a host of community partners, including Community Hospital East, Indianapolis Public Schools and Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, and with funding from the United Way, Lilly Endowment Inc. and Central Indiana Community Foundation.
