The first article, Food Insecurity theUnited States “Addressing in
During and After COVID- Pandemic: TheRole the Federal the 19 of
Nutrition Safety addresses the issues unemployment, Net” of
poverty, and food supply disruptions that were the result of the
pandemic. The USDA Economic ResearchService (ERS) defines low
food security as “…reports of reduced dietquality, variety, or
desirability of diet,” and defines verylowfood security as “…reports
of of multiple indications disrupted eating patterns reduced food and
intake.” (Fleischhacker Bleich, 2021) theERS estimated & In 2019,
10.5% of US households were food insecure sometime within the
year, andthis estimate food insecurity overall and tripled of “doubled
among household with (Fleischhacker Bleich, 2021) This children.” &
issue impacted thework of human services agencies by increasing the
need for assistance andneed for networking within communities.
