Podcast #10 Food Outreach Resources Free Food across the US for Food Insecurity

Joanne Williams, LCSW is introducing a new program to share food resources to help with food insecurity to lower anxiety. She feels it is important to help each other in as many ways as possible, in these difficult times. Our Social Work profession has always been grounded to help our communities with resources to empower through offering resources.  HERE IS A LINK TO THE FOOD RESOURCES LIST BY STATE. Nationwide: http://www.foodpantries.org/ I started a podcast Anxiety Simplified at AnxietySimplified.net as a way to share my Techniques from my 30 years as a licensed mental health professional therapist in the most concise and simplified way at Anxiety simplified Podcast at iTunes.  A Shadow Pandemic of mental health effects from Covid 19 pandemics, approaching 50% of the population with depression and or anxiety!  The CDC This Statistic hit me hard, the CDC is now seeing that 11% of Americans have seriously considered suicide in June 2020. That's double the percentage from 2018.  And the rates are highest in 18 to 24-year old's and Unpaid caregivers for adults. These are our college age young people who just graduated high school, without a traditional graduation, who are going off to college, or not able to now, maybe are in college for the first time, in a very different world than they ever imagined their wonderful college years to be. AND our Unsung heroes who are caregivers for the disabled, sick or Alzheimer's family members.    Depression HELPLINE -1800-273-8255 (PUT THIS NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE NOW) so you are ready to help yourself in a down moment or someone else.   You will learn→ Resources to help you through the Economic issues Right now Is it time to panic? Tampa Times writes 7-19-2020 in an article in the Business section with this information: July 31, 2020 many of the federal stimulus packages Values of like $600 per week ended, like the federal unemployment compensation payments. State moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures for certain types of federally assisted housing. Federally backed mortgage loans are set to expire, and some electric companies will resume shedding off electricity. Resources:  HERE IS A LINK TO THE FOOD RESOURCES LIST BY STATE. Nationwide: http://www.foodpantries.org/ Next podcast episode: Emotional Support Service Animals and how they can benefit you. Join the Conversation Our favorite part of recording is answering your questions, from Face book at AnxietySimplified.net.  Leave comments in the comment section, we will answer on a Podcast on that subject.  So listen for your question.  Or share it with someone who may be helped with that answer. AnxietySimplified.net 

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