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Hunger in Philadelphia

Local data on food insecurity, senior isolation, SNAP cuts, and rising food costs across Greater Philadelphia.

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Impact

What the data says about our region

Philadelphia has one of the highest big-city poverty rates in the country, and recent federal SNAP changes removed benefits from tens of thousands of local households.

Isolation compounds hunger: seniors living alone eat less, eat worse, and are less likely to ask for help.

  • Rising local food costs outpacing fixed incomes
  • Tens of thousands of Philadelphians dropped from SNAP
  • High rates of senior and veteran isolation
  • Summer gaps when school meals disappear

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  • $25

    provides five snack bags for neighbors facing homelessness

  • $75

    buys one week of meals for 10 homebound seniors

  • $150

    fills the gas tank of one of our delivery vans

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