PBS NewsHour

More emergency food assistance going to working Americans

Clip: 08/18/2014 | 6m 33s

Roughly one in seven people in the United States rely on food banks or other charitable organizations for basic nutrition, according to a new study by the nonprofit Feeding America. That number includes 25 percent of active military families, and an increased number of adult college students. Deborah Flateman, executive director of the Maryland Food Bank, joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the crisis.

Aired: 08/18/14

Rating: NR

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