In Crisis
Everyone in our community deserves healthy food to sustain their well-being.
According to the Lancaster County Hunger Mapping Project, nearly 50,000 people—about 1 in 11—face food insecurity each year. Another 25,000 ALICE households are at risk of hunger but often don’t qualify for traditional food assistance, leaving them with few options.
We know food insecurity is driven by poverty and systemic racial and social inequities. In Lancaster County, Black and Latinx residents are 3 to 4 times more likely to live below the federal poverty level than their white neighbors, and their rates of food insecurity reflect this disparity. Children in the county are also 55% more likely to experience food insecurity than adults.
