1. Reality of Hunger in the Houston Area

2. Reynalda Garza and granddaughters Martha’s Kitchen

3. Child Hunger Indicators Extreme thinness Puffy/swollen skin Dry, cracked lips Chronic sickness Saving or hoarding food Inability to concentrate

4. Hunger Every Day Each day, 35,000 suffer from hunger

5. Children under 18 44% HFB Clients

6. Households with at least one working adult 47% HFB Clients

7. Households with at least one member in poor health 30% HFB Clients

8. Homeless 15% HFB Clients

9. Poverty 891,432 Food Insecurity 932,253

10. The Poverty Gap $8,000

11. 11 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

12. Lbs per poor person Annualized 43 37 71 13 48 72 39 35 40 48 106 29 28 120 20 52 47 3 HFB 42 National 60

13. It’s More than Food

14. Food vs. Rent 43% Tough Choices

15. Food vs. Utilities 47% Tough Choices

16. Food vs. Medicine 37% Tough Choices

17. Family Budget Average family 4% Low income family 10%

18. Average family 11% Low income family 32% Family Budget

19. Reality of Hunger in the Houston Area