All Montgomery County residents will have improved physical, social, and affordable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious foods that meet their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy life.
Decrease the overall food insecurity rate
Current Value
12.4%
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
Food insecurity is a lack of consistent access to enough food for every person in a household to live an active, healthy life. This can be long-term or temporary. Food insecurity is one way to measure how many people can't afford food.
Income, employment, race, ethnicity, and disability all influence food insecurity. Nationally in 2020, 28.6% of low-income households were food insecure and Black non-Hispanic households were 2 times more likely to be food insecure compared to 10.5% of the overall population. Factors that influence these disparities may include neighborhood conditions, access to food, and a lack of transportation.
In 2020, COVID-19 contributed to an increase in the food insecurity rate nationwide.
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