Hunger in America 2006

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Hunger in America 2006

• Highlights of The Arizona Report

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Background

• 3 Statewide Surveys in Arizona
• 2006
• 2001
• 1997
• All four of Arizonas Americas Second Harvest
  Food Banks participated
• 1,424 face-to-face client interviews
• 448 agency responses

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Food Security What is it?

• Access for all people to nutritionally
  adequate food at all times from normal food
  channels.

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How do we get there?

• Has job
• Has shelter
• Makes
• all own
• choices
• with own
• resources

• More earned
• income
• from job
• Has shelter
• Buys 75
• of own
• food

• Min. Wages
• On Federal
• Programs
• Has shelter
• Buy some
• food on own

• Food
• Boxes
• Food
• Stamps
• No Job

• No food
• No job
• No shelter
• No healthcare

Dependence
Independence
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Compared to Other Statistics

• 14.4 of Arizonans live at or below 100 of the
  Federal Poverty Guideline
• 20.9 of Arizona children live in poverty
• 1 in 8 of Arizona households are food insecure
• 3.5 are food insecure with hunger

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What this survey tells us

• Strategic decisions to increase supplemental
  food programs have made a difference
• Average incomes of those needing emergency food
  are not keeping up with basic living costs
• People are STILL having to make critical choices
  between buying food and other basic needs

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• Volunteers and Faith-Based Organizations are key
  elements in the food distribution network
• Without food banks providing food to their
  agencies the agencies couldnt meet the need

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Who is hungry in Arizona?

• 479,300 people served annually with emergency
  food
• 77,500 unduplicated people are served during any
  given week

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Population Being Served

• 1 in 3 people is a child
• 1 in 10 people is
  over 65
• 1 in 4 households
• have someone in
• poor health

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Who is hungry by race ethnicitiy?
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Age Groups in Households
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Highest Education Level

• 37 of adult clients interviewed had less than a
  high school education
• 30 of adult clients interviewed had a high
  school diploma or GED
• 33 of adult clients interviewed had completed
  technical school, some college or completed
  college

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What about household income?

• 42 had one person who was employed
• 47 had annual incomes under 10,000
• 64 had incomes below the Federal Poverty
  Guideline
• Average monthly income was 880
• Average annual income was 11,410

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Participation in Federal Nutrition Programs

• 22 of households were receiving food stamps
• 52 of households with at least one child age
  0-3 were receiving WIC
• Percentage of households with at least one child
  under age 18 in
• School Lunch Program 54
• School Breakfast Program 50
• Summer Food Program 14

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Main Sources of Household Income
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Percentage of households having to choose between
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Types of Organizations
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Agencies with No Paid Staff
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Food Received From Food Banks
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Additional Food Needs of Pantries

• Meat, poultry, fish, beans, eggs and nuts
• Cleaning or personal hygiene
• Fresh fruits and vegetables
• Dairy milk, yogurt and cheese
• Canned / frozen fruits and vegetables
• Breads, cereals, rice and pasta

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Food Security What is it?

• Access for all people to nutritionally
  adequate food at all times from normal food
  channels.

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Where do we go from here?

• More evaluation in order to select right
  strategy
• Use data to build awareness
• Monitor and shape public policy impacting hunger

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Hunger in America 2006

• Contact Information
• Ginny Hildebrand
• ghildebrand_at_azfoodbanks.org
• 602-528-3434 or 800-445-1914
• www.azfoodbanks.org