Local Results Released on Largest Food Study Ever

from Capital Area Food Bank

The nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization reports that more than 37 million Americans, including 14 million children, receive emergency food each year through the nation’s network of food banks and the agencies they serve. The findings represent a 64 percent increase since the findings reported in Hunger in America 2006.
 The Hunger in America 2010 study is the first research study to capture the significant connection between the recent economic downturn and an increased need for emergency food assistance. The number of children and adults in need of food has significantly increased since the previous study in 2006.

LOCAL FINDINGS:
 Key findings from the Hunger in America 2010 : Central Texas Report include:
    •    1 in 3 of our clients is a child.
    •    82% of our clients are not homeless.
    •    Almost half of our clients have at least one working adult at home.
    •    Almost half of the families we serve had to choose between buying food and paying utilities.
    •    1 in 5 families we serve experienced the physical pain of hunger.
    •    More than 1/3 of our older-adult clients go extended periods without food.

To read the full study, go here.