{"id":22698,"date":"2024-04-11T08:56:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T12:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22698"},"modified":"2024-04-11T08:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T12:56:54","slug":"social-workers-efforts-to-end-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22698","title":{"rendered":"Social workers\u2019 efforts to end food insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a 2023 study published by Syracuse University\u2019s D\u2019Aniello Institute for Veterans &amp; Military Families:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Approximately 1.4 million Veterans experience food insecurity;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only 4.9% receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/snap\/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program\">(SNAP)<\/a>&nbsp;benefits;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food insecurity is linked to poor physical and mental health, including an increased risk of suicide.   Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/130030\/social-workers-efforts-to-end-food-insecurity\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/130030\/social-workers-efforts-to-end-food-insecurity\/\">here&#8230;.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"60\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) According to a 2023 study published by Syracuse University\u2019s D\u2019Aniello Institute for Veterans &amp; Military Families: Notice:&nbsp;The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[784,7],"tags":[382,1247,87,245],"class_list":["post-22698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-insecurity","category-veterans-benefits","tag-food-insecurity","tag-snap-benefits","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22699,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22698\/revisions\/22699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}