Oregon Hunger Bill
(Salem, OR) -- Oregon is facing its worst hunger problem since the Great Depression. New data from the Oregon Food Bank shows one in eight people in Oregon experience hunger and one in six kids don't have enough to eat. The Oregon Food Bank says that's a 31 percent increase from a year ago. They support the Food for All Oregonians bill in the legislature. It would create an Oregon based program similar to SNAP. 61 thousand people in Oregon don't qualify for SNAP. Many of them are immigrants, legal permanent residents, DACA recipients, or asylum seekers. They say the bill has bipartisan support, but may have trouble getting funding with the state's tight budget.



