MISSION STATEMENT: S.O.Z FEED THE HUNGRY PROJECT
To work with food banks, both national and through network member groups to engage the
country and community in the fight to end hunger.
VISION STATEMENT
- Working towards a Hunger Free Society
- To envision a world in which every hungry family is fed.
- To become one of the world’s leading non-profit organization, that reaches out to the hungry and homeless in the community and nation at large.
Factors Contributing to Homelessness
– Broken down car, no insurance, tickets, etc.
– Broken down car, no insurance, tickets, etc.
– Current TANF benefits and food stamps combined are below the poverty level in every state; in fact, the median TANF benefit for a family of three is approximately one-third of the poverty level. Thus, contrary to popular opinion, welfare does not provide relief from poverty.
– Divorce often leaves one of the spouses homeless. Most often it’s the father, but sometimes it’s the mother and children or everyone involved.
– Battered women who live in poverty are often forced to choose between abusive relationships and homelessness.
– Rates of alcohol and drug abuse are disproportionately high among the population
without homes.
– For families and individuals struggling to pay the rent, a serious illness or disability can start a downward spiral into homelessness, beginning with a lost job, depletion of savings to
pay for care, and eventual eviction.
– No income to pay rent. Lack of affordable housing- The lack of affordable housing has lead to high rent burdens (rents which absorb a high proportion of income), overcrowding, and substandard housing.
– In families where child support is ordered but not paid, the decrease in income can lead to an inability to pay rent, utilities, or both.
can make it difficult to have a stable life.
Market Rent.
Please make a donation to help with our ongoing Hungry Project events.