Balancing Household Needs: The Non-food Needs of Food Pantry Clients and Their Implications for Program Planning

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 423-431

  Fiese, Barbara H ^a   Koester, Brenda Davis ^a   Waxman, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Feeding America   (United States)

Author keywords

Family coping; Food insecurity; Food pantries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956726200     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-013-9381-0     Document Type: Article

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