Fact, Research, and Resources
There are many organizations in Texas and around the country that are working to fight hunger. Below are some helpful resources on hunger and poverty:
Texas Organizations:
Texas Food Bank Network
The Texas Food Bank Network provides a unified voice among food banks in support of our common mission to end hunger in the state of Texas.
TACAA (Texas Association of Community Action Agencies)
The Texas Hunger Relief Clearinghouse is a collection of national and Texas-specific resources relating to hunger issues, hunger relief, funding opportunities, and research.
Elder Option of Texas makes it easier for caregivers, healthcare professionals, and seniors to locate housing options, elder care resources, and community support services. A searchable database of senior programs, articles, nutrition links, and a calendar of events are available.
National Organizations:
Feeding America is the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Each year, the Feeding America network provides food assistance to more than 25 million low-income people facing hunger in the United States, including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.
IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. It is based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As one of three Area Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation’s premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.
The Coalition on Human Needs is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable people.
The Community Food Security Coalition is a North American organization of social and economic justice, environmental, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, community development, labor, anti-poverty, anti-hunger, and other groups. The Coalition has 325 organizational members in 41 states, four Canadian provinces and the District of Columbia. They are dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food to all people at all times. They seek to develop self-reliance among all communities in obtaining their food and to create a system of growing, manufacturing, processing, making available, and selling food that is regionally based and grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability.
The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and under nutrition in the United States. FRAC works with hundreds of national, state and local nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and corporations to address hunger and its root cause, poverty.