Hunger in Southeast Kansas

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This report examines the prevalence of hunger in Southeast Kansas, barriers to addressing food insecurity, and explores opportunities to reduce hunger.

Published 2021-10-11

Fighting food insecurity in Southeast Kansas will take bold leadership and political will.

Kansas kids need adequate access to healthy, affordable food to thrive–physically and mentally.

According to Feeding America, it is projected that one in six Southeast Kansans is food insecure. This number is much higher among Southeast Kansas kids at a staggering one in four. Even more notably, these projections show much higher rates of food insecurity than Kansas as a whole.