Food Insecurity

As of Nov. 1, more than 75,000 Lane County residents have lost access to their SNAP benefits.

One in six Oregonians receives SNAP benefits. If the government shutdown continues, many are unsure how they’ll get by.

Federal cuts to food assistance programs are making times tough for regional food banks and the people who rely on them.

Oregonians in rural areas with weaker job markets will no longer be exempt from SNAP’s work requirement.

Rep. Val Hoyle said Oregon will likely be hit harder than other states due to its high usage of programs.

The President of Clackamas Community College set an audacious goal for himself this summer: To run to all of Oregon’s 17 community colleges and raise money for students’ basic needs.

Each month, one in six people in Oregon receive help from the government-run Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP or food stamps — to put food on their table.

Last month, the President of the Oregon Food Bank said the state is seeing the worst rates of hunger since the Great Depression. KLCC checked in with some area food pantries to see how they’re doing.

The bill comes as the Oregon Food Bank says one in eight residents experience hunger.

According to the latest reliable data sources, about 16% of the residents of Lane County live in households with incomes at or below the poverty level. The proportion is higher in the urban areas.

The fall Letter Carriers Food Drive is coming up in Lane County. It’s a chance to make donations of food items by leaving them in bags at the mailbox for pickup by postal carriers. But this year’s drive has some major changes.

A new by-the-numbers report by a southern Oregon foundation that focuses on rural issues paints a troubling and challenging picture of Lincoln County on subjects ranging from education to food insecurity and child poverty to family financial hardship.