Share Our Strength

No kid hungry local partners served more than 504 million healthy meals to kids and families. We're also encouraging policymakers to expand these programs, and we're continuing to provide grant funding for needed equipment - from refrigerators to breakfast carts and more. Share Our Strength recognizes that we can't permanently end childhood hunger in the united states without helping to address the "root causes" of hunger from jobs that pay low wages to the high cost and inaccessibility of healthy foods, along with other systemic issues. Today, we're funding organizations that are helping families become more financially secure with a focus on single mothers. - through Our work with these grantees, we helped unlock $17 million in tax credits for families this past year.- to help families better understand how to access benefits, we provided guidance to 2,112 organizations and approximately 3 million people.- working together with code for america, we enlisted agencies in 30 states to join a national outreach program that led to 30,000 families claiming $42 million of benefits for which they were eligible.- Our state advocacy work, along with Our support of child tax credits, led to $1.4 billion in meals, services and benefits for families.- with the support of Our donors, we'll continue to fund local organizations across the country that are tackling these underlying issues and advancing the economic interests of working people. Last year, we teamed up with the american public human services association (aphsa), a group that represents the government agencies that administer programs like snap and wic. Our goal is to improve the systems that children rely on and help more families enroll for benefits. To date, Our partnership with aphsa has helped us get 54,000 families signed up for snap and wic benefits. We secured over $940 million to help states expand their school meals availability - helping kids, families, and schools nationwide.