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Food Insecurity

About 550,000 fewer Texans receive SNAP benefits than a year ago—a 16% drop—and more than half of the people losing food assistance are children, according to…
More than 850 Dallas neighbors gathered at Albert C. Black Jr. STEAM Academy on June 10—and went home with free meals, free groceries and a safety net for the…
Summer is a time for fun, freedom—and for far too many families in North Texas, uncertainty about where the next meal will come from.   In Dallas County, on…
Although the longest ever government shutdown is over and the federal government is funded through January, a variety of factors still threaten food security f…
Hundreds of thousands of North Texas families experience food insecurity, negatively impacting some of our youngest Texans. Since September is Hunger Action Mo…
On Friday, June 6, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas hosted a Federal Budget Briefing Virtual Lunch & Learn to unpack how the federal budget reconciliation…
As a fitting kickoff to the season of generosity, on Nov. 16, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas brought together hundreds of volunteers and community partners…
Summer is right around the corner, which means many North Texas children will lose access to free school meals. During the “hungriest season” of the year, in s…