One in seven Connecticut households occasionally find themselves without enough in their budgets for food, a survey found.
Nearly 15 percent of residents surveyed in the first half of this year said that in the prior 12 months there were times when they did not have enough money to buy the food they needed for themselves or their families, according to the Food Research and Action Center.
But their food hardship is slightly better – down from around 16 percent — than what households reported they experienced in the 12-month period from July 2008 to June 2009, the center said.
“Although the food hardship rate in Connecticut has not increased, the number of families who continue to struggle to put food on the table remains very high at 1 in 7 surveyed,” said Connecticut Food Bank Chief Executive Officer Nancy L. Carrington.
The full report is available at www.frac.org
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