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MISSION PROGRAMS BACKGROUND JUSTICE LINKS CONTACT US	. In America, the number of people hungry, or at risk of hunger, has grown to 38.2 million people, of which 13.8 million are children. This is the fifth consecutive annual increase since 2000. USDA Household Food Security in the U.S., November 2005 . More than 28 million people, about a quarter of the American workforce between the ages of 18 and 64, earn less than $9.04 an hour, which translates into a full-time salary of $18,800 a year. (Less than the federal poverty level for a family of 4.) "Working.And Poor," Business Week, May 31, 2004 . The American Second Harvest Network serve nearly 3 million seniors age 65 and over each year. America's Second Harvest Study: Hunger in American 2006 . Although the national economy shows fitful statistical signs of recovery, the data do not take into account that declining numbers of employers offer health insurance and many new jobs pay the minimum wage, $5.15 an hour ($10,712 per year). "The Working Poor," Chicago Tribune, April 25, 2004 . 45.8 million people (15.7 percent of the population had no health insurance coverage in 2004. Of that number, 8.3 million are children. U.S. Census Bureau Report, August 2005 . Because of the high cost of living in New Jersey, 1.7 million people, a fifth of the state's population, are considered poor. (They earn less than twice the federal poverty line -- $16,090 for a family of three.) Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey, 2005 . New Jersey is among the 3 most expensive states in the nation for rental housing. The Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom unit in N.J. is $905. National Low Income Housing Coalition, Out of Reach 2004 report . Among the households that receive food from the Second Harvest Network, 44.6% had to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating; 36.4% had to choose between food and rent or mortgage; and 33.5% between food and medicine or medical care. America's Second Harvest Study: Hunger in American 2006 Previous Justice Page \|
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. In America, the number of people hungry, or at risk of hunger, has grown to 38.2 million people, of which 13.8 million are children. This is the fifth consecutive annual increase since 2000.                         USDA Household Food Security in the U.S., November 2005

. More than 28 million people, about a quarter of the American workforce between the ages of 18 and 64, earn less than $9.04 an hour, which translates into a full-time salary of $18,800 a year. (Less than the federal poverty level for a family of 4.) "Working.And Poor," Business Week, May 31, 2004 . The American Second Harvest Network serve nearly 3 million seniors age 65 and over each year.                 America's Second Harvest Study: Hunger in American 2006

. Although the national economy shows fitful statistical signs of recovery, the data do not take into account that declining numbers of employers offer health insurance and many new jobs pay the minimum wage, $5.15 an hour ($10,712 per year).                              "The Working Poor," Chicago Tribune, April 25, 2004

. 45.8 million people (15.7 percent of the population had no health insurance coverage in 2004. Of that number, 8.3 million are children.               U.S. Census Bureau Report, August 2005

. Because of the high cost of living in New Jersey, 1.7 million people, a fifth of the state's population, are considered poor. (They earn less than twice the federal poverty line -- $16,090 for a family of three.) Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey, 2005 . New Jersey is among the 3 most expensive states in the nation for rental housing. The Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom unit in N.J. is $905.        National Low Income Housing Coalition, Out of Reach 2004 report

. Among the households that receive food from the Second Harvest Network, 44.6% had to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating; 36.4% had to choose between food and rent or mortgage; and 33.5% between food and medicine or medical care.            America's Second Harvest Study: Hunger in American 2006

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