Report: One in Eight Americans Rely on Feeding America for Food, Groceries
The latest Hunger in America report by Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks, finds that one in eight people in the United States now rely on it for food and groceries.
The organization bills its Hunger in America report as the largest study of domestic hunger, with data from 61,000 client interviews and surveys of 37,000 feeding agencies.
The report says that hunger is increasing at an “alarming” rate in this country; the number of children in the Feeding America network alone has jumped by50 percent since 2006.
The network is feeding 1 million more Americans each week than it did in 2006. And 36 percent of households served have at least one person working, the report found. One-third of households report having to choose between food and other basic needs, such as rent, utilities, and child care, according to the report.
The report was authored by Mathematica Policy Research Inc.