Food for thought

2009 Statistics

Number of families in the US: 113,567,967
Minus families in shelters:  131,000
Minus birth families of foster kids: <423,773 (in reality considerably fewer families given multiple children per home)
Minus food insecure households with children: 16,000,000


There were, in 2009, 423,773 children in foster care in the US.  Four hundred and twenty four thousand.

There were, in 2009, 16,000,000 households in which children could not consistently eat every day.  Sixteen million.

In 2009 there were 97,013,194 families with suitable living conditions for children (not in shelters, families of removed children, or food insecure).  Ninety-seven million families.


If every family with suitable living conditions housed ONE foster child and/or fed ONE hungry child, there would still be 80,589,421 families untouched.  Over eighty million families who don't have to care.


Number of children hungry or unloved:  ZERO



So why do we have this problem again?

 
Facts gathered from feedingamerica.org, childwelfare.gov, census.gov