Mayor Bloomberg has a new plan and it's the first time any local government has put in
place an alternative to the country's 40-year- old standard for measuring poverty, the
National Academies reports.

This site offers educational and advocacy information and support to those impacted by obesity.

This program, from Operation Share Our Strength offers interactive and educational tools to support healthy eating on a tight budget—and 2007 evaluations prove it is effective.

Emerging research suggests that hunger, poverty and obesity may be intricately linked, even though they seem paradoxical. Bread for the World has good background and data.

It may seem strange to some, but the "hunger and obesity paradox" continues to find scientific backing. Periodically going without food has been linked to obesity, as has relying on cheaper, high-calorie foods to cope with a limited food budget.

The USDA offers the latest data on food stamps and what they cover.

This Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) factsheet looks at the record-high numbers of people to accessed food stamps, and why one in three eligible people are still going without the benefit.

A simplified version of the USDA Summer Food Service Program has just gone national. It lessens the paperwork involved for groups or out-of-school time programs that want to incorporate summer meals.

More than 17 million children and their families receive child support (2007 data). The Center for Law and Social Policy has research, policy recommendations and other publications focusing on child support and families.

This policy brief from the Center for Law and Social Policy explains how sound child support policies can help incarcerated and re-entering fathers find and keep good jobs, reduce recidivism, and provide steady support to their children over time. (PDF)