Food insecurity rates rising rapidly in state
Growing numbers at Foodbank distributions show area job concern.
Ohio food insecurity rates have nearly doubled because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new study found, and food banks in the state say government action is needed now.
The Census Household Pulse Survey found that food insecurity rates in the state have gone from 13.9% to 23%.
“Those are scary numbers,” said Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks.
Local people’s need for food increased sharply in March and the first part of April, according to service data from The Foodbank in Dayton.
The Foodbank served twice as many households in March than it did in February at their drivethru food pantry. About 2,000 families were served in February. That number jumped to 4,684 in March, said Chief Development Officer Lee Lauren Truesdale. More than 8,000 were served in April, but that included two mass food distributions.
In Ohio, more than one in seven workers remains unemployed, and recent polls show one in four Americans missed last month’s rent or mortgage, or have little to no confidence they can pay next month on time. Hamler-Fugitt said a lot of food bank clients are saying they don’t know if they will be called back to their jobs.
“(Coronavirus) has created the perfect storm, releasing a downpour of difficulties on Ohio families,” Hamler-Fugitt said.
Hunger is an early indicator of a problem, Hamler-Fugitt said. She said homelessness is a lagging indicator, and she is worried about more and more people becoming homeless.
Foodbanks across the country have rapidly shifted the way they operate to meet demand while
mitigating the spread of the coronavirus, and they haven’t seen demand ease for three months. Hamler-Fugitt said food banks in Ohio are buying more food than ever before.
Truesdale said the number of people coming to The Foodbank’s drive-thru and mass distributions — nearly 2,500 people in one day last week and almost half of those new to the food assistance system — point to a large number of people in the Miami Valley who have been laid off and don’t know when they’ll go back to work. The number of new families also points to people who may not have needed help in March or April, but now have spent their stim- ulus checks or savings and need help.
“We know that there are so many families who con- tinue to need help,” Truesdale said.
Because of the statewide shutdown, the food banks’ supply chains have been disrupted. This means fewer retail donations and a surge in food prices putting addi
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