Resources and Citations
1,150,000 people in Michigan were food insecure as of 2020 per Feeding America. (https://map.feedingamerica.org/county/2020/overall/michigan)
34,260 food insecure children ages 0-17 in Ottawa, Allegan, Muskegon and Kent County.
(Kidscount.org)
297,150 children in Michigan were food insecure as of 2020 per Feeding America. (https://map.feedingamerica.org/county/2020/child/michigan)
11,722,000 children in the US are food insecure (per 2020 data, Feeding America Map the Meal Gap) (https://map.feedingamerica.org/county/2020/child/)
2.9X food insecure people are 2.9 times more likely to be in poor health.
(https://alliancetoendhunger.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/3-Hunger-is-a-Health-Issue.pdf)
11.8% (38,287,000) of people in the US are food insecure (per 2020 data, Feeding American Map the Meal Gap) (https://map.feedingamerica.org/county/2020/overall)