From Feeding People to Freeing People: Make Room for Dignity-Centered Policy

As fiscal year-end approaches, many organizations begin their annual “spring cleaning” by reviewing budgets, priorities, and tools. But social policy needs a reset, too. For decades, responses to food insecurity have focused on charity and food distribution rather than the root cause: inadequate income. What if spring cleaning meant clearing out outdated narratives and making space for policy solutions that address the real problem?