COMMISSION GOALS
The Commission released From Food Insecurity to Food Equity: A Roadmap to End Hunger in Illinois, a multi-year action plan to take meaningful steps toward ending hunger. The report sets out a three-part strategy for doing a better job of connecting food insecure people to federal nutrition programs. The Roadmap makes specific recommendations for leveraging technology; harnessing innovation; and strengthening collaboration.
Leverage technology
Technology should be leveraged to make it easier to enroll — and stay enrolled — in nutrition assistance programs.
Harness innovation
We must re-envision what food assistance looks like by piloting a comprehensive set of strategies for improving food access in underserved rural and urban areas and fully leveraging policy innovation in program delivery.
Strengthen collaboration
Working together better can improve awareness of food assistance programs and ensure that all doors lead to the programs people need.
In the fight to end food insecurity, we cannot target hunger alone.
Poverty and racial inequity are root causes of hunger which limit opportunity in Illinois and across the country. Ensuring access to good-paying jobs, affordable housing, reliable transportation, and quality childcare are critical to realizing lasting food security and meeting the promise of equitable economic opportunity. To that end, the Commission to End Hunger will work in partnership with the Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security to advance strategies that reduce poverty and promote economic opportunity for all Illinoisans.