For the first time, the Department of Defense commissioned a 90-day battle plan: Identify hungry military families and connect them with help. An estimated 160,000 military families experienced difficulty putting food on the table last year.
Navy wife Abigail Kennedy is relieved that her kids are too young to know why they're going to a food giveaway.
The military family has been living paycheck to paycheck for the last nine years. Her family is one of nearly 700 families who received food from the Military Family Advisory Network's giveaway. On the day Kennedy visited, the nonprofit gave each family 60 pounds of frozen chicken and produce.
The issue has been exacerbated by a Department of Agriculture rule that restricts families from receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Military Basic Housing Allowance — money used to pay rent — is factored in as income, preventing families in need from receiving government food benefits.the U.S. military's food insecurity in February.
"Our men and women in uniform and their families have enough to worry about," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said November 17. "Basic necessities like food and housing shouldn't be among them."But Kennedy is skeptical. "I would be very, very surprised if we see anything within the next year," she said.
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