An estimated 57,000 adults in Tulare County experienced food insecurity – the lack of adequate food or income to ensure a balanced diet – during the recent recession, according to a 2012 policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health and Policy Research.
The Tulare County food bank currently feeds a quarter of the population in the region.
Economic recovery from the recession is slow, and many Tulare County families are still struggling to balance the cost of food with other basic living expenses. Because nutritious food is so difficult to acquire, many parents rely on school lunches to feed their children.
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This summary is one of a four-part series of healthy community success stories, created by the Local Government Commission through funding from the California Endowment. A very special thanks to Susan Elizabeth and James Beach for contributing content for this summary.