Food insecurity is climbing in the Miami Valley and across the country, with data from Feeding America showing the number of families in need has jumped since 2020.
In the Dayton region, data shows that nearly 16 percent of adults were food insecure in 2024. That number jumped to over 23 percent for children in need.
It’s the third straight year those rates went up after people received pandemic help with additional stimulus payments and expanded credits.
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More people in the Dayton region are turning to The Foodbank, Inc. to put food on the table. The organization serves Montgomery, Greene, and Preble counties. Organizers said they’ve heard a lot of reasons for that…