Family Resiliency Center helps study how food-bank clients afford basic non-food items

Many families struggle to afford basic non-food household goods, such as personal care, household, and baby-care products, according to a new nationwide Feed America study that benefited from assistance from the University of Illinois Family Resiliency Center. Nearly three in four low-income families have cut back on food in the past year in order to afford essential non-food items, said Barbara Fiese, FRC director.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/uoi…