Feeding America Agencies and Food Programs: Impact of Elimination of Food Bank

Feb 01, 2010
  • Description

Chapter 14.2 summarizes responses to the question of how much impact the elimination of an agency's food bank would have on their programs. Key Findings:

  • 90.6% of the pantries, 76.6% of the kitchens, and 73.2% of the shelters said that the elimination of support from their food banks would have a significant or devastating impact on their operation.
  • 63.1% of the pantries, 42.1% of the kitchens, and 33.5% of the shelters believed that the elimination of the food bank would have a devastating impact on their programs.
(Excerpted from Hunger in America 2010.)