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Hungery Teens in San Diego |
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A recent study, conducted by The Hunger in America 2010, found that San Diego, on the whole, is one of the hungriest cities in the United States. The study says that 437,500 San Diegans receive emergency food assistance each year -- just over 73,000 during any given week.
Before too many false ideas about this number enter the mind, only 7% of that number are homeless, and 62% of the households have at least one employed adult (the national average is only 36%). Most of those seeking assistance are young families, struggling to make it from week to week.
The surprising fact brought to light by the study, was that 46% of those receiving emergency food in San Diego, are under the age of 18 (this is 8% higher than the national average).
www.10news.com has a story on this study.
This study should bring awareness to the fact -- the face of the homeless and the poor in San Diego, are not adult drunks and drug addicts, but children and young adults struggling to maintain the basic lifestyle many take for granted. The act of passing laws against the feeding of the homeless, and limiting the number of people who can be assisted by any one agency, is hurting the youth of our city, and not in any way, making San Diego a better place to live.
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