Federal Response Kept Food Insecurity In Check During The Pandemic. Will It Stay A Priority?

However, according to Judi Bartfeld, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology, there were delays in rolling out P-EBT, which hurt many households who had to wait for support.“Food security really depends on consistency of access to food—and money to buy food—as many households don’t have reserves to fall back on when the flow of food or dollars is disrupted.”