Report: 1 in 4 Rhode Island households are food insecure

Posted on November 23, 2020
In an online call November 23, 2020, the RI Community Food Bank talks about its study finding one in four Rhode Islanders are food insecure. (Clockwise from top left) Food Bank Executive Director Andrew Schiff, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Food Bank Director of Communications Hugh Minor and Rilwan Feyisitan, Executive Director of Community Action Partnership of Providence

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — About one out of every four households in Rhode Island is struggling to put food on the table during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank’s annual Status Report on Hunger released Monday found that despite federal assistance, 25% of households in the state were worried about having adequate food, up from 9.1% last year and the highest level of food insecurity in Rhode Island in 20 years.

The food insecurity caused by the pandemic has hit families of color particularly hard.

The report says while 21% of white households lack adequate food, 36% of Black households and 40% of Latinx households are food insecure.

 

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