Atlanta, GA
Atlanta nonprofit executive director calls food insecurity “a crisis situation” in Georgia
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – The manager director of a neighborhood non-profit is looking meals insecurity a disaster state of affairs in Georgia.
Open Hand Atlanta Government Director Matthew Pieper tells CBS46 that lots of the folks hit the toughest by pandemic aftershocks and inflation, are senior residents.
”If you discuss seniors, their hire goes up, their gasoline prices are going up, their well being care prices are going up, and their mounted incomes will not be going up or not holding tempo,” mentioned Pieper, “Most of our shoppers dwell beneath the poverty degree or are from under-resourced communities.”
The nonprofit has tried to proceed feeding households, regardless of spending 43% extra on gasoline; regardless of their meals prices going up 28%.
”I’ve by no means seen this sort of meals insecurity in our state,” mentioned Pieper, “I might name this a disaster state of affairs in our nation and in our state for positive. Meals insecurity charges are a lot greater than we ever anticipated.”
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