Californian Latinx individuals and families come from a wide variety of backgrounds, making us extremely
diverse. Yet food insecurity is a pervasive issue among Latinx communities in California. In order to lead healthy and thriving lives, sufficient nourishment is an absolute necessity. “Securing Food, Securing Our Health: The Impact of Food Insecurity on Latinx Children & Families” analyzes the complex political and economic landscape that Latinxs in California face to access state and national nutritional assistance programs.
The brief touches on the impacts and consequences of food insecurity on Latinx children, the unique barriers immigrants face to attain sufficient food, as well as the economic and cultural challenges to access nutritional assistance programs.
The brief also offers bold and feasible solutions that are available to Californians right now. As the Governor’s May Revision informed us last week, California has another year of surplus financial resources. Today solutions like Food4All and community-based outreach and enrollment models like Community Health Workers/Promotoras are capable of fighting food insecurity among Latinx in California and are more than within reach.
This policy brief was developed in collaboration with our partners at Nourish California and The Children’s Partnership.
For questions or comments regarding our Latinx nutrition policy brief contact Policy Sr. Manager Mar Velez at mvelez@lchc.org.
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About LCHC:
Founded in 1992, the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC) is the only Latinx-led statewide policy and advocacy organization protecting and advancing Latinx health equity. We are a cross-sector coalition of community leaders, advocates, policy advisors, administrators and providers united by our common belief in protecting Latinx health and advancing health equity for all. Our work consists of community-centered programming, policy and advocacy development, and strategic communications.
