• America‘s Second Harvest network provided emergency food aid for an estimated 1,083,100 different people in Michigan in 2005.
  
• Approximately 165,700 different people in Michigan received emergency food assistance in any given week.
   
• Among Michigan households receiving emergency food aid:

§         34% of household members were children under 18 years old

§         11% of household members were children age 0 to 5 years.

§         8% of household members were elderly.

§         About 44% were non-Hispanic white, 46% were non-Hispanic black, 7% were Hispanic, and the rest were from other racial groups.

§         41% of households included at least one employed adult.

§         70% had incomes below the official federal poverty level during the previous month.

§         13% were homeless.

§         45% of client households were receiving Food Stamp Program benefits.

§         Among households with children ages 0-3 years, 63% participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

§         Among households with school-age children, 59% and 47%, respectively, participated in the federal school lunch and school breakfast programs.

§         41% of households had an employed adult.

§         31% of adults had less than a high school degree, and 39% were high school graduates.

 

The main source of income was a job in 25% of households, TANF or general assistance in 3%, other government sources (social security, unemployment, disability or SSI) in 35%, and other sources in 8%.  14% had no income and the source was unknown in 15%.

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