As the spring showers ebb, the growing season brings about a new set of challenges for food insecure families.

Called Indiana SUN bucks, eligible families will receive a one-time payment of $120 per school-aged child. It’s to be used to buy extra groceries that often come with summer vacation.

Equitable food access, a movement in Indianapolis, seeks to get healthy, affordable food to people who need it. But an estimated two hundred thousand residents are still in need.

A new resource hub aims to make it easier for people to access food assistance.

Programs to help small businesses and improve equitable food access will receive a boost in Indianapolis.

A new program at IU Health Methodist Hospital hopes to address nutrition insecurity in downtown Indianapolis.

A new mobile food market aims to bring healthy food access to neighborhoods across Indianapolis. The Fresh for You Market on Wheels is inside a 40-foot, retrofitted bus donated by IndyGo.

Indiana food bank leaders say their resources are stretched to the limit as the need for support remains unusually high. And they say new federal work requirements added to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, will likely make the situation worse.

The Indianapolis Office of Public Health and Safety has partnered with national nonprofit Partnership for a Healthier America in the effort to provide more fresh food to residents.

A lack of quality data collected by Indiana's colleges and universities is likely causing them to underestimate the severity of students' housing and food insecurity. That was one of the findings in a new report released by the state's Commission for Higher Education.