Ways to End Hunger
Estimate your community's food aid needs
Increase your distribution capacity
Make food aid accessible
Reduce the cost of ending hunger by 25%
Reduce the Cost of Ending Hunger by 90%
Permit Needy to Access Food Aid as Often as They Need
Welcome, Reassure And Comfort Clients
Offer as Much Variety as Possible
Reduce Waste and Humiliation—Let Clients Assemble Their Own Food Boxes
Offer Food When Other Help Is Not Available
Reduce Pressure On Local Resources and Boost the Local Economy
Get The Government To Do Its Part
Evaluate your food pantry
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Gap between food resources and unmet need
FS = Food stamps
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State |
Est. annual food assistance shortfall (lbs.) |
Est. % of eligible FS partic. |
Eligible people NOT recv. FS |
Annual amt. of FS non-particpants could receive |
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Alabama |
149,760,000 |
60% |
314,711 |
$309,675,296 |
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Alaska |
13,104,000 |
68% |
23,853 |
$30,913,107 |
|
Arizona |
171,990,000 |
51% |
447,872 |
$478,327,820 |
|
Arkansas |
124,488,000 |
62% |
190,220 |
$187,176,512 |
|
California |
1,077,570,000 |
54% |
1,455,265 |
$1,536,759,332 |
|
Colorado |
102,024,000 |
52% |
192,049 |
$186,671,553 |
|
Connecticut |
65,286,000 |
66% |
92,991 |
$84,807,820 |
|
Delaware |
17,082,000 |
55% |
37,658 |
$39,315,427 |
|
D.C. |
22,698,000 |
77% |
24,427 |
$26,967,293 |
|
Florida |
481,572,000 |
48% |
1,128,091 |
$1,069,430,505 |
|
Georgia |
219,726,000 |
54% |
639,066 |
$667,184,981 |
|
Hawaii |
32,292,000 |
85% |
17,714 |
$27,634,574 |
|
Idaho |
34,398,000 |
49% |
84,852 |
$79,421,014 |
|
Illinois |
372,996,000 |
73% |
352,823 |
$389,516,652 |
|
Indiana |
129,168,000 |
71% |
192,046 |
$198,191,646 |
|
Iowa |
62,478,000 |
61% |
98,341 |
$95,587,818 |
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Kansas |
62,946,000 |
54% |
136,897 |
$119,921,642 |
|
Kentucky |
133,614,000 |
78% |
141,781 |
$137,810,833 |
|
Louisiana |
181,818,000 |
73% |
242,371 |
$253,035,567 |
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Maine |
39,780,000 |
82% |
29,103 |
$27,240,750 |
|
Maryland |
93,600,000 |
55% |
206,362 |
$210,489,055 |
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Massachusetts |
151,632,000 |
45% |
357,133 |
$308,563,200 |
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Michigan |
269,568,000 |
76% |
264,514 |
$247,585,498 |
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Minnesota |
76,050,000 |
63% |
137,799 |
$133,940,782 |
|
Mississippi |
120,042,000 |
57% |
268,398 |
$251,220,249 |
|
Missouri |
128,934,000 |
79% |
157,243 |
$150,952,976 |
|
Montana |
28,548,000 |
62% |
43,712 |
$42,488,315 |
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Nebraska |
42,354,000 |
61% |
63,450 |
$57,105,398 |
|
Nevada |
43,992,000 |
46% |
133,378 |
$134,444,692 |
|
New Hampshire |
17,082,000 |
55% |
36,641 |
$32,536,885 |
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New Jersey |
159,354,000 |
50% |
339,047 |
$337,690,812 |
|
New Mexico |
76,752,000 |
62% |
119,390 |
$113,182,179 |
|
New York |
629,460,000 |
58% |
1,039,092 |
$1,209,502,606 |
|
North Carolina |
272,610,000 |
51% |
623,958 |
$621,462,480 |
|
North Dakota |
17,082,000 |
63% |
23,294 |
$21,523,788 |
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Ohio |
257,166,000 |
63% |
502,378 |
$518,454,473 |
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Oklahoma |
114,426,000 |
61% |
242,787 |
$233,075,048 |
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Oregon |
88,920,000 |
84% |
75,881 |
$72,846,080 |
|
Pennsylvania |
269,568,000 |
69% |
369,617 |
$354,832,362 |
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Rhode Island |
27,144,000 |
66% |
38,156 |
$35,256,368 |
|
South Carolina |
132,912,000 |
61% |
288,060 |
$283,451,427 |
|
South Dakota |
19,890,000 |
65% |
27,556 |
$27,115,407 |
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Tennessee |
196,326,000 |
69% |
327,209 |
$325,900,655 |
|
Texas |
786,708,000 |
49% |
1,952,043 |
$1,967,659,035 |
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Utah |
53,352,000 |
54% |
89,981 |
$87,461,640 |
|
Vermont |
14,274,000 |
73% |
15,288 |
$13,942,244 |
|
Virginia |
164,268,000 |
58% |
285,246 |
$263,567,208 |
|
Washington |
153,738,000 |
64% |
232,216 |
$225,713,830 |
|
West Virginia |
68,562,000 |
89% |
30,514 |
$26,730,697 |
|
Wisconsin |
109,278,000 |
64% |
166,904 |
$132,188,315 |
|
Wyoming |
10,296,000 |
58% |
18,325 |
$17,372,133 |
|
United States |
8,089,380,000 |
60% |
14,149,842 |
$14,263,040,736 |
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