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Arizona’s Hunger Crisis Deepens | Tucson News
Arizona’s hunger crisis is hitting hard: one in seven adults and one in five kids struggle to eat, with over a million people facing food insecurity and a $737 million budget gap. Food banks say the real need is even worse, as soaring costs force families to cut meals first—straining already stretched resources. With Arizona among the least affordable places to live and SNAP benefits plummeting (the state’s losses lead the nation), more people are turning to overwhelmed food banks. And soon, critical hunger data may vanish entirely, as funding for Feeding America’s reports is cut—leaving…
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