Daily Journal: Inexcusable food insecurity among military families
July 28, 2021
David Lash, Managing Counsel for Pro Bono and Public Services for O’Melveny, authored this Daily Journal article reporting on food insecurity among active duty members.
More than one-third of children enrolled at Department of Defense grade school are eligible for free or reduced-priced lunches, while almost every military base in the U.S. is a food pantry.
Lash cites a study by MAZON, an anti-hunger policy non-profit organization, recounting the number of reasons why hunger directly impacts so many military families, and proposes several relatively simple solutions.
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