The group focuses on three goals to decrease food insecurity in Bexar County: Stable housing, improved food assistance programs and access.
It's our privilege to produce journalism that fosters democracy this election year, but we can't do it alone. Will you contribute today to helpLisette Medina prepares a popcorn snack for her daughter Estephanie Ochoa, 5, Monday at their home. A packet of pork chops that her sister bought for her family thaws on the countertop, which Medina will prepare for dinner later.
Medina lives on San Antonio’s East Side, in zip code 78202, where roughly 23% to 27% of the population is food insecure, according to the Of low-income households with children in Bexar County, more than 50% are forced to spend more than half their income on housing expenses, leaving little room for other necessities, like food, utilities and medicine. And only 63.4% of eligible people get SNAP benefits.
Families could have their benefits cut, including the food packages included in the program that provide whole grain, dairy and infant foods, if Congress can’t fully fund WIC in 2024. As a last resort, she’ll walk to a food distribution one block away on Wednesdays. And on Thursdays and Fridays, her family can get free breakfast and lunch at Bowden Elementary School.
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