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• learn about hunger
Learning about hunger is the first step to solving the problem.
One in seventeen Minnesotans rely upon local food shelves to help feed their families. Last year, there were 2 million visits and 47 million pounds of food distributed at Minnesota’s 300 food shelves. There has been a 62 percent increase in food shelf visits since 2000. This year, many food shelves are seeing double and triple digit increases.
HSM Fact Sheets
Minnesota Food Shelf Fact Sheet
Welfare and Low Income Issues
The basics about hunger: who it affects, and what to do about it.
Do I qualify for Food Stamps or other benefits? Find out here.
Lots of programs exist to help families. Many times people do not know they qualify for these programs, or do not know how to apply. This website can help.
Apply for Assistance
Minnesota Food Support, Cash Assistance and Health Care Application
Families, children, elders and the working poor. Find out more.
Worldwide, nationally and in Minnesota. Find out about hunger on a larger scale.
This is the place to find research from Hunger Solutions and other hunger activist organizations. Go to the archive.
Glossary of hunger related terms
Want to know what the difference is between a food shelf and food bank, or what the federal poverty guidelines are? Check out our glossary.