More low-income families need food aid

More low-income families need food aid

The economic downturn has left many low-income Americans struggling with hunger for the first time, a survey out Thursday by Feeding America shows.
The hunger relief group, formerly known as America's Second Harvest, found that 36% of low-income households say they ate less or skipped meals because they didn't have enough money for food, and 40% say they chose between food or paying for utilities in the past year.

"We've never seen anything like this," says Vicki Escarra, the group's president. "We're seeing more people come (to food banks) who've never come before."

The group surveyed 450 low-income households. The findings are part of a growing body of research that suggest hunger is worsening in the USA:

• The number of people receiving food stamps jumped from 26.9 million in September 2007 to a record 31.6 million in September 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.



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