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December 11, 2013 9:20 PM
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homeless man sleeps under an American Flag blanket on a park bench on
September 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City (AFP
Photo/Spencer Platt)
Washington
(AFP) - A survey of 25 American cities, including many of the nation's
largest, showed yearly increases in food aid and homelessness.
The
cities, located throughout 18 states, saw requests for emergency food
aid rise by an average of seven percent compared with the previous
period a year earlier, according to the US Conference of Mayors study,
published Wednesday.
All but four cities reported an increase in demand for assistance between the period of September 2012 through August 2013.
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