Data shows Washington food insecurity rising as food bank visits exceed 13 million

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Data shows Washington food insecurity rising as food bank visits exceed 13 million
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In a chart sent to KIRO Newsradio, Washington residents went to food banks 13.3 million times over the 2024 fiscal year.

A line of people wait for food outside the University District Food Bank in Seattle, Dec. 16. show signs of rising food insecurity in the Evergreen State. One year prior, about 10.9 million visits were recorded.

“Come up to a guy and he’s got a full body cast on and he’s hobbling down the street somehow, and you got to go up to him and ask him how he’s doing,” Lyle English, offering a metaphor for struggle when asked of his financial situation, said. “What’s your reaction?” She said the variety of donations is decreasing, too, and she suspects government assistance is making up more of the stock as donations decrease.

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