Report: 1 in 5 Indiana residents experience 'food hardship'
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) — A new report on hunger says nearly a fifth of Indiana households with children struggle to find enough money to feed their loved ones.
The Food Research and Action Center's report found that Indiana has a nearly 19-percent "food hardship" rate for households with children, the Kokomo Tribune reported. The August report defines food hardship as an economic or social condition where people have limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
The nonprofit lists Indiana as having the 20th worst overall rate of food hardship in the country, at 15.8 percent. The national overall food hardship rate was 15.4 percent, with a rate of 17.9 percent for households with children, the group said.