Tag Archives: The Emergency Food Assistance Program
A House of Trade
When the Church accepts state and federal dollars to fund its mission to feed the hungry, the Gospel is often the first thing that gets diluted or dissolved. Churches must examine the strings attached and keep Christ at the center of their ministries.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Federal
Tagged Ananias, Annas, Caiaphas, Gamaliel, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Joseph of Arimathea, Josephus, Kate Maehr, Nicodemus, Northern Illinois Food Bank, The Emergency Food Assistance Program
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For a Bowl of Stew
What is the Church trading away for the sake of convenience? Esau exchanged his birthright for a bowl of stew. Today, too many churches risk outsourcing their God-given mission for efficiency, funding, and comfort. It's a sobering challenge to consider.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Faith
Tagged 7 CFR Part 16, American Psychological Association, Bethany Christian Services, Bostock v. Clayton County, Catholic Charities Boston, Catholic Charities in Washington D.C., Childtime, Christianity, church, Church World Service, Episcopal Migration Ministries, Executive Order 13559, George Marsden, Global Refuge, HIAS, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, James Burtchaell, La Petite Academy, Learning Care Group, Montessori Unlimited, National Association of Evangelicals, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, Pathways Learning Academy, religion, TEFAP, The Emergency Food Assistance Program, Tutor Time, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services, USDA, World Relief
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Weaponized Compassion: How Federal Food Programs Undermine Culture
What if federal food aid is doing more than feeding the hungry? In this article, author Thomas Hampson examines how decades of federal policy changes have reshaped food assistance into a force that, he argues, erodes cultural cohesion, bypasses citizenship verification, and fuels broader social and political transformation.
Posted in Federal
Tagged 2008 Farm Bill, Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000, Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden Administration, Cecilia Muñoz, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Disaster Household Distributions, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Jeh Johnson, Neera Tanden, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, SNAP, Susan Rice, The Emergency Food Assistance Program, Tom Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Valerie Jarrett, Xavier Becerra
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The Hunger Industrial Complex: How America Manufactured a Food Insecurity Crisis
What began as local, church-based charity has become a federally funded, corporatized system that profits from managing poverty. This investigative report exposes how America’s modern hunger industry grew—and why it may be failing the very people it claims to serve.
Posted in Federal
Tagged Beth Saks, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, IRS, Kate Maehr, National Academies Panel, National Academy of Medicine, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, President Clinton, President George H.W. Bush, President Reagan, Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, TEFAP, The Emergency Food Assistance Program, The Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, U.S. Census Bureau, United States Department of Agriculture, USDA
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