Food Bank of the Southern Tier Hunger Has a Cure.

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Food Bank of the Southern Tier Hunger Has a Cure

What is Hunger?

What Is a Food Bank? Food Pantry Food Warehouse

Products ManufacturersProcessorsDistributorsRetailersGrowers Food Bank of the Southern Tier Agencies Food Pantries Soup Kitchens Senior Centers SheltersYouth Programs Residential Programs People in Need Flow of Food to the Hungry

Hunger in the Southern Tier Each week, over 11,000 individuals visit a pantry, soup kitchen or emergency shelter.

Hunger in Tompkins County Almost 14% of people live below the poverty level. 32 member agencies distributed over 1 million pounds of food. 50% of clients are seniors.

Who Are the Hungry? Working Poor People on a fixed income Families with children Not all are receiving public assistance Many have to make difficult choices

Making Ends Meet Basic Needs Family of 4 $12.23/hour Minimum Wage $7.25/hour Poverty Guidelines Family of 4 Weekly Monthly Yearly $978 $4,239 $50,863 $580$424 $2,513$1,838 $30,160 $22,050

Federal Safety Net Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – 130% ($2,389) Family Health Plus – 175% ($2,757) Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) – 212% ($3,903) Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) – 220% ($4,043)

Gaps in Federal Safety Net SNAP –Only 53% of eligible New Yorkers receive benefits. –Thrifty Food Plan. When Work Doesn’t Pay: –Cliffs and Phase Outs

“Sweet Charity” Emergency Food Programs –Food Pantries –Soup Kitchens –Emergency Shelters The 7 Deadly “Ins” of Emergency Food

The 7 Deadly “Ins” 1.Insufficiency 2.Inappropriateness 3.Nutritional Inadequacy 4.Instability 5.Inaccessibility 6.Inefficiency 7.Indignity

What can you do? Learn about the issue –Register for updates from the Food Research and Action Center - frac.org Get involved in direct service –Volunteer at a local pantry or soup kitchen –Community Food Security Projects –Coordinate a fund/food drive Advocate for change –Cornell Against Hunger – –Tompkins County Worker’s Center- tclivingwage.org –Mobilize.org

Questions?