According to the report, because teens are particularly sensitive to peer approval, a fear of social stigma can prevent them from taking
advantage of food assistance even when it's available.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank and other local nonprofits that support people in
need of food assistance.
Speaking about a possible famine, Ms Arcedeckne - Butler said: «Across Sierra Leone and Liberia they're facing huge challenges in
terms of food assistance.
The Trump administration is only just getting started, and it's already shown a disturbing disregard for people at home and abroad who are in
need of food assistance.
Trump quietly signed a long - anticipated executive order intended to force low - income
recipients of food assistance, Medicaid and low - income housing subsidies to join the work force or face the loss of their benefits.
It offers support to veterans, people living on tribal lands, recipients
of food assistance and Medicaid and people at or below 135 percent of the federal poverty line.