Over 650,000 Indiana residents did not eat enough over two week-long periods in August and September.
That’s an 80% increase since 2021 according to the annual Hunger Atlas Report.
They’re crediting the surge in hunger to the end of federal programs including the expanded Child Tax Credit, increased SNAP allotments and universal school meals. Between 2021 and 2023, almost 13 percent of Indiana residents were found to live in food insecure households.
This includes more than 15 percent of children in the state, over 10 percent of employed adults and eight percent of older residents.
While Indiana is not in the top five states for food insecurity, their numbers still come in high for those who would benefit from the expired programs.
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Yet these hungry people still have cell phones, cars, cable/sat TV, and any other number of modern conveniences that they can seem to pay for while still having access to food banks and the still running .gov programs. Sounds more like they are making bad decisions and expecting others to fix it for them.
Maybe getting hungry will help their decision matrix be more sustainable…not counting on that though; as long as there is a safety net there are those who will just jump for it.