The Faces of Hunger In Southwest Florida “Hunger in America 2010” revealed that: •40 percent of our clients are children. • 1 0 p e r c e n t o f o u r c l i e n t s a r e s e n i o r s. • 41 percent of adults in Southwest Florida who receive emergency food have at least one household member who works, compared to 36 percent nationally and 33 percent statewide. • Partner agencies reported that, on average, 76 percent of the food they receive comes from HCFB. • 90 percent of the households served by emergency food pantries are headed by a grandparent(s) acting as the primary caregiver to a grandchild(ren). • 35 percent of adult pantry recipients do not have a high school diploma or GED. • 9 percent of adult pantry recipients have a college degree. • 43 percent of clients said their child/children skipped meals because there was not enough money for food at some point during the previous 12 months. • 38 percent of clients said their child/children was/ were hungry at least once during the previous 12 months, but their parents could not afford more food.
The next study, “Hunger In America 2014,” will be released later this year.