LABELLE, FL. -- According to the latest from the Health Planning Council of Southwest Florida, approximately 23% of Children in Hendry County and Glades County are food insecure.
93% of the Hendry county residents are eligible for government food assistance, being below SNAP and other nutrition programs threshold of 200% of poverty line, and 79% in Glades are eligible, this being significantly higher numbers than Florida, at 72%.
Food insecurity is the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. 100% of children in both counties are income-eligible for nutrition programs
The average meal cost per person is $3.06 in Hendry and $3.53 in Glades, this is lower than the cost per person for the state of Florida, $3.29.
The food environment index in Hendry County is 6.9 and 5.3 in Glades. The index ranges from a scale of 0 (worst) to 10 (best).
15% percent of the population are considered low-income and do not live near a grocery store in Hendry County and 31% in Glades. 16% of people living in Hendry County are food insecure and 14% in Glades.
Credit: Health Planning Council of Southwest Florida, Inc.
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