1. Calendar Thurs. June 22 Finish Exercise Domestic Hunger
Wrap up and review
Tues. June 27 Final (Exam 3) 90 minutes
9:30 class Exam 9:15
11:30 class Exam begins 11:30

2. Hunger Define hunger? How does it make you feel?
How would you feel if you didn’t know when you would be fed next?
What actions would you take if you were in this situation (poor and hungry)?
Globally tens of thousands of people die each day as a consequence of malnutrition, most are children in the developing world. Few die of under-nutrition in the US. More die of over-nutrition, a problem more prevalent among the US poor than the affluent.

3. Feeding the US population of ~320 Million
Domestic Hunger/Malnutrition
Feeding the US population of ~320 Million

4. Hunger in the USA ~40M‘food insecure’ or‘hungry’
#1 at risk=kids of single, poor women
#1 cause of domestic hunger=poverty
‘Poor’ in US income < Federal poverty guidelines
Malnutrition too few nutrients and too many or too little calories!

5. Federal Poverty Guideline 2017
Individual ~ $12,060
Family of 4 ~ $24,600
2 adults+ 2 kids
If you were earning twice this amount would
you still be poor? (reside in Bay Area)
2014% of US population or 46.7 M live in poverty or 14.8% of the US population. (21% of kids under 18 live in poor families).

6. Minimum Wage Hourly wage allowed by the Fed Government
Fed minimum wage  $7.25/hr
Fed full-time min wage $15,080/year
Businesses with <$500,000 year gross and no interstate commerce exempt from paying min wage.
Some young (<20 yrs) and tip workers may be exempt from min wage
Calif Min Wage $10.50 effective
In Calif. Gov Brown signed legislation that put into effect annual incremental increase to $15/hr by Small businesses will follow same path but with one extra year to reach $15/hr (2023)

7. Does full-time (FT) work at minimum wage keep you out of poverty?
Calif min. wage = $10.50/hr
Calif min. wage = $21,840
San Jose min. wage = $12/hr
SJ min wage = $24,960/yr
Remember…..
Federal Poverty level guideline
single= $12,060
family= $24,600
Poverty level for family of 4 is $24,600.
NOTE: Working FT at minimum wage DOES NOT put a person above the poverty level for a family of 4
SJ next increase to Next month!!!

8. Living Wage The wage required to live independent of charity
SC County 2 Adults (1 working +2 Kids) Living Wage=>$32.73/hr. Check out livingwage.com for info on an area of interest to you.

9. Safety Net Huge in the US
Private
Loaves and Fishes
Sunday Friends
City Team
Vegielution
SHFB
…….many more

10. Second Harvest Food Bank
$0.95 per dollar spent at SHFB, goes to
feeding people
In 2016
~250,000 fed each month
~67% families with kids and seniors
Programs
PIN, Sr. Brown Bag, KIDS now
52 million pounds of food/year to Daly city to Gilroy…. ½ of it is produce.
310,000 volunteer hours donated/year
Show shfb video 3 min about Kate Home how to help volunteer scroll to Kate
KIDS now serves kids 6-18 with food to go home on Fridays( Nutrition On Weekends)

11. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Government Programs
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SNAP
CalFresh in CA
$1 CalFresh spent generate $1.79 of activity in the local economy
Max benefit <$2/meal per family member
School breakfasts and lunches provide low-income children with nourishment at little or no cost.
Avg benefit $311/household. Avg #/household 2.3
For each SNAP dollar spent $1.79 of economic activity in the local community is generated (employ the checker, butcher and shelf stocker at the market)

12. Government Programs WIC Improve pg outcome
#1 efficient Fed food program
Nutrient dense food, Nutr. Ed, Medical
School Lunch (Breakfast + Summer) Program
Lunch program is oldest Fed food plan
Special Supplement Nutrition Program for high risk Women, Infants and Children up to age 5
School Lunch program began (almost 70 years)

13. 1946 National School Lunch Act
“In the long view, no nation is healthier than its children, or more prosperous than its farmers”
President H.S. Truman
Portland School District Award winner for Excellence in School Lunch

14. Feeding America Charitable safety-net exists Govt. programs exist
Room for improvement
Goal: All to have access to a
safe, nutritious food supply