With cuts to food assistance, can apps help hungry Americans?


Non-profits use apps to better distribute food and cut waste as US government assistance for anti-hunger programmes decreases. — Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash

CHICAGO: Once a homeless panhandler who begged for money to eat, Dameon now gets help from a food network in Chicago powered by an app to get his groceries.

"I'm surviving by the grace. Little by little, I'm able to make it to the next day and the next week," said Dameon, who asked for his surname not to be used.

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