We know that food insecurity continues to become more and more prevalent in all segments of the population in Contra Costa County as a result of these contributing factors:
There are 97,000 households that don’t make
enough to afford living in Contra Costa County.
United Way Real Cost Measure
A family of four in Contra Costa County
needs to earn approximately $125,000
a year to afford living expenses.
United Way Real Cost Measure
51% of those food-insecure individuals
do not qualify for CalFresh because
they make “too much.”
United Way Real Cost Measure
127,000 households are housing cost-burdened
(pay at least 30% of their income on housing).
United Way Real Cost Measure
Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study
estimates that over 10% of the Contra Costa County
population is food insecure.
Feeding America Map the Meal Gap
The additional funding needed
to eliminate food insecurity in
Contra Costa is $150,188,000.
Feeding America Map the Meal Gap