What is Hunger Action Month?
Hunger Action Month is a nationwide movement in September to highlight actions you can take towards ending hunger. We’re shining a light on factors that affect food insecurity. This year, our focus is on affordable housing. Rising housing costs strain families’ budgets limiting the ability to afford enough nutritious foods or food insecurity.
Why Housing Affordability Matters?
Housing opportunities are limited for low-income families looking for good job opportunities, good schools, good healthcare and decent commutes. For many families, the gap between what they earn and the rising cost of housing forces tough choices— skipping meals or choosing less nutritious meals or delaying medical care or missing medication. One unexpected medical bill or reduced work hours can leave families unable to make rent putting their housing at risk. Without affordable housing, neighbors facing homelessness becomes a higher probability. You can learn more about why housing affordability matters.
More Ways To Give
Become a Faithful Friend
Your monthly support ensures families have access to nourishing food all year round.
Operation: Hunger Relief
Operation Hunger Relief is a competition where community and corporate groups compete to provide nutritious meals by donating time, food, and funds
More Ways To Give
Become a Faithful Friend
Your monthly support ensures families have access to nourishing food all year round.
Operation: Hunger Relief
Operation Hunger Relief is a competition where community and corporate groups compete to provide nutritious meals by donating time, food, and funds
Take the Tough Choices Challenge
Families usually budget for hard costs first. Rising housing costs affect other expenses as well as food purchases. Take our Tough Choices Challenge to see how each expense is impacted.
Scenario: You are a family of four. You and your spouse are the parents to Sarah who is 9 years old and in the 4th grade, and Bryan who is 3. You work full-time as a warehouse worker and make $12/hour ($1,920 gross/month). Your spouse works as a personal care aid for $10.50/hr where Sarah goes to school. Your spouse makes $10.5/hour ($1,680 gross/month). Your family’s combined total income each month is $3,600, which is about $30,600 per year after taxes. Can you make necessary life decisions on housing, transportation, childcare and household/food needs — and not to run out of money? Take the challenge.
Now, imagine an emergency happened.
Your family has no health insurance:
Average cost of emergency room visit in Texas is $2,318.
Average emergency root canal is $1,000.
Vehicle emergency:
You have a car accident. You have a $500 deductible.
Your alternator goes out, average cost $800.
What was left in your budget?
For many families experiencing tough choices, food insecurity becomes reality. Hard costs like rent, transportation and childcare affect food purchases because those costs have to be paid in full. Food insecurity is the result of high housing costs, low wages, limited healthcare and support. Together we can advocate for #changeforbetterlives. Sign up to Take Action.
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