Reality of Hunger in the Houston Area. Reynalda Garza and granddaughters Martha’s Kitchen.
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Reality of Hungerin the Houston Area
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Reynalda Garza and granddaughtersMartha’s Kitchen
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Child Hunger Indicators
• Extreme thinness• Puffy/swollen skin• Dry, cracked lips• Chronic sickness• Saving or hoarding food• Inability to concentrate
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Hunger Every Day
Each day,
35,000suffer from
hunger
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Children under 18 44%
HFB Clients
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Households with at leastone working adult
47%
HFB Clients
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Households with at least one member
in poor health
30%
HFB Clients
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Homeless
15%
HFB Clients
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Poverty
891,432
Food Insecurity
932,253
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The Poverty Gap
$8,000
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Poverty is Growing
• In 6 years, Houston MSA grew from 3.7M to more than 5M; 16% are poor
• In Houston, 22.9% poverty rate• Texas has third-highest food
insecurity rate at 16%; fourth-highest hunger rate
Houston Area Child Poverty Rates*
18%
24%26%
35%
12%
17%
1999 2005
MSA City Suburbs
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Lbs per poor person
Annualized 43
37
71
13
48 72
39
35
40 48
106
29
28
12020 52
473
HFB42
National60
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It’s More than Food
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Food vs. Rent
43%
Tough Choices
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Food vs. Utilities
47%
Tough Choices
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Food vs. Medicine
37%
Tough Choices
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Family Budget
Average family
4%
Low income family
10%
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Average family
11%
Low income family
32%
Family Budget
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Reality of Hungerin the Houston Area