HUNGER AT HOME

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HUNGER AT HOME

• Ms. Sarah Barry and Mr. Chris Christensen

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Todays Objectives

• Look at hunger and homelessness in the world,
  United States and Michigan.
• Discuss why there is hunger and the national and
  state programs that fight it
• Look at Food Banks, shelters and kitchens, what
  can we do to help?

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World Hunger and Homelessness

• 24,000 die daily from hunger and related causes
• Hunger--800 Million go hungry daily
• 100 million completely homeless one billion lack
  adequate housing

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United States Hunger and Homelessness

• 27 Million People are Food insecure (11 million
  children)
• 750,000 homeless each night, three million some
  time during the year

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Michigan Hunger and Homelessness

• 111,000 households are hungry
• 305,000 households are food insecure
• 24,713 sheltered homeless
• 41,338 unsheltered homeless

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Reasons for Hunger

• Poverty
• Buy Heat or Food
• Buy Rent or Food
• Buy medicine or Food
• Family members are in poor health

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Federal Hunger/Food Programs in Michigan

• School Breakfast Program (daily 213,153)
• National School Lunch Program (815,025)
• Summer Nutrition Participation (37,514)
• Food Stamp Program (750,037)

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Federal Programs

• Special Nutrition Program for women, infants and
  children (WIC) (215,845)
• Child and Adult Care Food Program (25,854)
• The Emergency Food Assistance Program

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Reason for Not Participating

• Do not know they are eligible
• Pride
• Afraid (illegal immigrants)
• Eligibility requirements (Red Tape)

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Non-Governmental Food Programs

• Americas Second Harvest (food bank) distributes
  food and groceries to
• Church and non-profit charitable organizations
  who run
• Pantries
• Kitchens
• Shelters

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From the Food Bank Council of Michigan
http//www.fbcmich.org/michigan-report.pdf
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FOOD BANK CARD GAME

• All teams receive asset cards (labor,
  transportation, equipment, storage, and food
  items).
• Teams trade asset cards they have in abundance to
  acquire items they need to complete their network
• Remember balanced meals

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From the USDA http//www.usda.gov/cnpp/pyrbklt.pd
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