Spencer Stead

Informational Report

People are going hungry. Year after year, the allocation and distribution of funds to government-led food and nutrition assistance programs have remained at a deadlock without meeting the vital need of expansion and growth of such programs. This report uses preliminary data from USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to examine program trends in the largest U.S. food and nutrition assistance programs through FY 2020 and documents the many policy changes implemented.

Going further, this report aims to bring public awareness to the responsibility that lawmakers and policymakers have in order to help our fellow citizens. Inaction, or worse, malicious intent, is causing our very own neighbors and neighbors children to feel the pain of an empty stomach.

Intended to be distributed locally, the report displays statistics of the nearby Greater Cincinnati area to properly convey the urgency of addressing the poverty epidemic in the region.

Process

A balance between antagonists, loud typography and delicate micro-hierarchy of supporting information design was needed, so a dive into research and inspiration was the first step in determining the visual tone of voice.