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Bremen Food Bank

Rob Goldin introduced us to Mark Stroud, from the Food Bank, who shared with us some interesting statistics regarding Georgians:

  • 20% of Georgians (nearly 1 in 5) are food insecure. This means they are not able to provide three square meals a day for everyone in the household. They lack access to adequate food because of a lack of money and other resources.
  • 28.8% of children in Georgia (more than 700,000) live in food insecure households.
  • 39% of food insecure children live in households that are likely ineligible for any federal food nutrition programs.
  • 19.2% of Georgians live in poverty (income of $23,850 or less for a family of four).
  • 27.2% of Georgia’s children live in poverty.

Sources: Feeding America, 2013 Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity study released in June 2013 reflects dates collected in 2011 & HHS 2014 Federal Poverty Guidelines.

Posted by Rob Goldin
February 26, 2015

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