What's New - 2000 News Archive Brandeis' Center on Hunger and Poverty secures cooperation of all 50 states in bold new program to end hunger in America [December 2000] As emergency food aid programs launch their holiday drives, the Center on Hunger and Poverty announced that all 50 states and the District of Columbia have joined Hunger Free America, a bold new initiative to end hunger in the next five years. Hunger Free America Initiative Launched [November 2000] A nationwide campaign is taking a bold new approach to the severe problem of hunger and nutritional deprivation in America ? a problem many Americans believe has been solved by the nation's booming economy. USDA Releases 1999 Data on Household Food Insecurity [September 2000] View the most current information on national household food security as well as information on trends over the period from 1995 to 1999. Hunger in the Unites States: A Summary of Recent Studies on Hunger and Emergency Food Demand [August 2000] See this new report for summaries of key hunger and food insecurity findings from over 50 hunger-related studies conducted since 1998 in 22 states. Center on Hunger and Poverty Moves to Brandeis University [August 2000] The Center on Hunger and Poverty joins the Heller Graduate School at Brandeis University, one of the nation's leading policy institutions whose mission is advancing social justice through research and teaching. News from 2005 News from 2004 News from 2003 News from 2002 News from 2001