Artisan

The average front-line trooper makes $16,000, the same as a Wal-Mart clerk, and according to a study by Nickel and Dimed author Barbara Ehrenreich, more than 25,000 military families are eligible for Food Stamps.

The Number of Americans Living in Poverty is Rising:

* Between 2000 and 2001, poverty rose to 11.7% of the population, or 32.9 million people, up from 11.3% and 31.6 million. 1

* The 2001 median household income in the US was $42, 228, representing a 2.2 percent decline in real income from its 2000 level of $43,162. 2

The Number of Americans Unemployed is Rising:

* Average unemployment rates in the past year have risen: in 2001, the rate was 4.8%, but jumped to 5.7% in 2002. 3

The Number of Americans Food Insecure and Hungry is Rising:

* In 2001, the number of Americans who were food insecure, or hungry or at risk of hunger, was 33.6 million, a rise over 2000, when 33.2 million Americans were food insecure. The number of individuals who are suffering from hunger rose from 8.5 million in 2000 to 9 million in 2001. 4

* The number of food insecure households with children has also risen since 2000 by 10,000 to 6.18 million. 5

The Number of People Seeking Emergency Food Assistance is Rising:

* America's Second Harvest's Hunger in America 2001 report found that 23.3 million people sought and received emergency hunger relief from our network of charities in 2001. The study also found that between 1997 and 2001, demand for emergency food assistance through the America's Second Harvest network has risen 9% since 1997. 6 23 million people receiving emergency food assistance is equivalent to the combined populations of the 10 largest U.S. cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, Phoenix, San Antonio, Dallas, and Detroit. 7

* A survey of 55 Catholic Charities agencies found that in anticipation of the busy winter holidays, 85 percent are expecting an increase in people seeking emergency financial assistance, 66 percent are expecting greater need for food, and 71 percent are anticipating a shortage this holiday season in financial donations. 8

* A survey of America's Second Harvest affiliates in late 2001 and early 2002 found that 86% had seen an increase in requests for food assistance during the past year. 9

* In U.S cities across the nation, hunger and demand for emergency food assistance is rising:


o New York City's soup kitchens and food pantries fed 45% more people in 2002 than in 2000. In the one year following September 11, 73% of the agencies fed more children - with 39% saying the number of children they fed increased "greatly." 10

o In Chicago, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which serves 600 agencies, distributed 36 million pounds of food. It is estimated that the food bank will distribute 42 million pounds this year, which translates to about 91,000 families a week. 11

o The Greater Boston Food Bank is experiencing unprecedented demand: while the food bank normally distributes up to 350,000 pounds of food a week, since October the number has risen to 500,000 to 600,000 pounds of food a week. 12

o In Los Angeles, the L.A. Regional Food Bank is bracing for a busy holiday season. Says Executive Director Michael Flood, "I don't want to sound dire, but looking through this holiday season the only trend we can see is increased need." 13

NOTES:

1. U.S. Census Bureau, Poverty in the United States 2001.
2. U.S. Census Bureau, Money Income in the US: 2001.
3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
4. USDA's Economic Research Service, Household Food Security in the United States, 2001.
5. Ibid.
6. America's Second Harvest, Hunger in America 2001.
7. Ibid.
8. Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Charities Agencies Brace for Harsh Holiday Season.
9. America's Second Harvest, Local Impact Survey.
10. New York City Coalition against Hunger, Hunger among Hidden Victims.
11. Chicago Tribune, Weak Economy Increases Need, Slows Donations.
12. The Boston Herald, State Pushes Food Stamps in Face of Increasing Need.
13. Whittier Daily News, Charities Starving for Food, Finances.

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