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Challenging Myths
About
Hunger and
Poverty
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North Dakota Realities
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Poverty in North Dakota
1 in 8 North Dakota people live below the poverty line (2014)
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Poverty Line
$11,770 for individual (2015)
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Poverty Line
$24,250 for a family of four
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North Dakota Poverty Rates
2001-2013
11.4%
11.1% 10.5%
10.8% 11.6% 11.7% 11.8%
11.5%
11.7%
13%
12.2%
11.2%
12.5%
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
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Poverty in North Dakota
7
12.5 % or 81,000 North Dakotans live at or
below the poverty line
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Poverty in North Dakota
11.8 % of Rural North Dakotans
live below the Poverty Line
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Poverty in North Dakota
12.4% or 19,962 children in North
Dakota live below the poverty
line
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Poverty
76.8 % of households in poverty have an
employed family member
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Poverty
23.9% of working families have
low incomes
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Poverty in North Dakota
35,463: Total Native American
Population in North Dakota
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Poverty in North Dakota
40% of the Native American
population in North Dakota live
below the poverty line: 14,185
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What Can Decrease Poverty?
Access to Financial Products
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What Decreases Poverty
Integration of Financial Products
with existing programs and
services
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What Decreases Poverty
Improving the Financial
Capability among people living
in poverty
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What is Financial Capability?
Financial Capability:
the ability with knowledge and skill
building; and
the opportunity through access to
services and income.
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Housing
42.3 % of families pay more than 31% of their
income for housing or $9216/year (ND ranks first
in the nation with the highest percentage)
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Housing
35 % of people rent
in North Dakota
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Housing
$55,759 is the median income in
North Dakota and per capita is
$29,732
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Housing
A typical North Dakotan can
afford $818 a month.
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Homeless in North Dakota?
1,305 homeless people in North
Dakota
265 homeless children in North Dakota
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Food Insecurity
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Food Insecurity
Hunger: pain
caused by a lack
of food
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Food Insecurity
26,208 Households in North
Dakota are Food Insecure
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Food Insecurity
7.8 % of senior citizens are food
insecure
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Food Insecurity
12.7 % of children are food
insecure
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Impacts of Hunger
Higher incidence of infection
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Impacts of Hunger
Weaker Immune System
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Impacts of Hunger
Higher rates of hospitalization
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Impacts of Hunger
Increased school absences
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Impacts of Hunger
Slower growth
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Poverty and Hunger
Poverty and lack of Access
cause Food Insecurity
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Food Deserts
Food Deserts:
Geographic areas where
people lack access to
nutritional food.
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Child Nutrition Programs
77,439 kids in North Dakota eat school
lunches daily
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Child Nutrition Plans
34 % of those lunches are served to
children whose families are eligible for
free lunches, and 7% are reduced-
price lunch eligible
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
A person can receive TANF
for 5 years total in their whole
lifetime
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TANF Recipients Statewide
As of December 2014:
1,208 Families in North Dakota
receive Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families
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TANF
2,452 Children receive TANF
benefits
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TANF
573 Adults receive TANF
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Childcare Assistance
Access to the Childcare Assistance Program is
based on the State Median Wage: $55,759
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Childcare Assistance
The Childcare Assistance program helps pay for
childcare for North Dakota families
For example, a family of four, making $6,285 a month,
$663 a month per child with a co-pay of $315.
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Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP)
44% of SNAP recipients are
children
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SNAP
42% of SNAP recipient households
are employed
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SNAP
12% of SNAP recipient households
are over 65 years old.
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SNAP
Over 15,000 SNAP recipient
households in North Dakota are
under 18 or over 65
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SNAP
42 % of households receiving
SNAP benefits have earned
income
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SNAP
65 % of North Dakota’s children
born in 2015 were served by the
WIC program
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Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
LIHEAP partially pays the cost of
natural gas, electricity, propane,
fuel oil, coal, wood, or other fuel
sources
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LIHEAP
LIHEAP also covers:
Weatherization services (insulation,
weather stripping around doors and
windows, etc.)
Furnace cleaning, repair, and
replacement
Chimney cleaning and inspection
Emergency assistance
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Cliff Effect
The loss of some or all of a household’s benefits
because of an extra hour of work or a modest
hourly salary increase (as little as .50 hour) which
causes a net loss of resources.
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Cliff Effect
SNAP, Childcare Assistance, LIHEAP, and many
other programs are based on income.
A small positive change in gross income can have
a HUGE negative impact on net income.
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What do you think?