The answer lies in an expansion of the strategy that held the line against poverty in 2020 and that helped America out of the Great Depression.

An annual fundraising campaign kicks off next week to help fight child hunger and expand participation in free breakfast programs at public schools.

A historically high enrollment in the food stamp program is part of a broader increase in the need for public services during the pandemic.

Federal COVID-19 relief funds helped local groups coordinate outreach to better serve kupuna who were often isolated during the pandemic.

Minimum wage earners should not be paying a higher percentage in taxes than those at the top.

And Hawaiʻi’s lawmakers should pass legislation that supports workers’ well-being.

Even as benefits programs expand and school meal programs shift, food insecurity is expected to continue to grow in the islands.

After just four hours, the city's new rent relief program was suspended because so many people applied. The $114 million in federal money is for back and future rent and utilities.

The measure is intended to provide low-income people easier access to healthier food choices and to help local farmers and ranchers.

Senators moved to raise income taxes on high earners, and the House passed capital gains and inheritance tax increases.

The organizations highlighted how state and local budgets have been slashed, causing job losses in critical sectors like education and healthcare that will be central to addressing the public health crisis.

A bill would require landlords to enter mediation upon a tenant’s request, but some advocates say the measure doesn’t do enough to protect renters at risk of eviction.

Bold moves are needed to tackle Hawaiʻi’s entrenched affordable housing problem.

In recent years there’s been increasing support from the state’s leading lawmakers and Democratic Party to pay workers a living wage, but the gap between that figure and what lawmakers have been willing to pass remains wide.

Hawaiʻi’s high cost of living, makes a minimum wage increase vital for low-income workers, including many who have been on the pandemic’s front lines.

Hawaiʻi Appleseed has monitored the ranking for years, and has been working with the DOE to improve those numbers.

When funds are reinvested back into the most impacted communities, these taxes help prevent future harm, and give people from those communities a better shot at succeeding and thriving.

Some 25,559 low-income Hawaiʻi children participated in the School Breakfast Program during the 2019–2020 school year—or about 40 percent of those eligible.

A bill to raise Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage to $12 passed unanimously out of its first committee Monday, with more than 180 individuals and groups testifying in favor, most saying it should be much higher.

The state eviction moratorium doesn’t protect every renter. And being kicked out when you’re unemployed makes finding housing much harder.