You might be food insecure if you ever worried whether your food would run out before you got money to buy more. – US Food Security Scale

The USDA estimates that nearly 13.9 million children in the United States live in food-insecure households. That means more than 1 in 6 children may not have consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life. – Feeding America

Research has found that the weekly food budget shortfall, per person, in food insecure homes, in Wisconsin, is $16.99. That number reflects the average additional amount of money, per week, that a food-insecure person is likely to spend on just enough food to meet their needs. – Feeding America

You might be food insecure if your children have ever skipped a meal because there wasn’t enough food. – US Food Security Scale

The official definition of poverty for the U.S. population is based roughly on historical estimates of the portion of an average household’s income required to purchase a “minimally nutritious diet”. – Nokidhungry.org

The child poverty rate among children, is one and a half times that for adults 21-64. – Children’s Defense Fund

Access to food stamps prior to age 5 has a larger effect on adult health than access after age 5. – Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

That Vilas County has a higher cost per meal than 90% of the counties in the United States. – Feeding America

Research has found that if a family with young children has experienced food insufficiency at any point during the child’s toddler years, the child was 3.4 times more likely to be obese at 4.5 years old. – Nokidhungry.org

Children’s HealthWatch researchers found that infants that did not receive WIC benefits, were more likely to be underweight, short, and perceived as having fair/poor health, compared with WIC recipients. – Nokiddhungry.org