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Hunger in Northwest
Missouri
and Northeast Kansas
Nearly 25,000 people each month rely on
emergency and supplemental food provided by Second Harvest and its member
network of 125 food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters.
Coming soon . . . Hunger
Study 2009 will be completed this summer.
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Hunger across
America
Hunger is a
reality for millions of Americans. See for yourself on our interactive map
showing hunger, poverty, and unemployment right here in Missouri and Kansas.
View the hunger map now.
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Learn more
about hunger in our community
According to Hunger in
America 2006, a study Second Harvest conducted in partnership with
Mathematica Policy Research:
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20 percent of the clients
served by Second Harvest are over age 50 to 65
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20 percent are 65 and older
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An additional 20 percent are
under age 18
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Nearly one-third of the
households served by Second Harvest have at least one member that is
employed, though the average monthly household income is only $790.
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Fifty-eight percent of the
clients we serve have completed high school and/or attended some type of
post-secondary education.
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Nearly one-third of the
clients we serve have made a choice between paying for food and paying for
heat in the past 12 months
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Roughly 20 percent have chosen
between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care over that
same time period.
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