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Food Insecurity

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In Allen County, 51,850 residents, or 15%,  
are food insecure. 

Food insecurity is a topic Melissa knows all too well. At the onset of the pandemic she increased Wellspring Interfaith's food distribution efforts in order to reach more people experiencing food insecurity - often for the first time.

 

She wrote about these efforts in 2020 here, and since then food insecurity has only increased. 

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NO ONE should go to bed hungry in our community.

Vision

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  • Create a tighter infrastructure for groups combatting food insecurity as it does with homelessness. 

  • Connect local food distributors and growers throughout Northeast Indiana with food insecure peoples. 

  • Increase SNAP benefits to those at greater risk of malnutrition including children and seniors.

  • Remove barriers for accessing food at the local, regional and state levels. 

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