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Food Insecurity

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.
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Connect local food distributors and growers throughout Northeast Indiana with food insecure peoples.
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Increase SNAP benefits to those at greater risk of malnutrition including children and seniors.
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Remove barriers for accessing food at the local, regional and state levels.
