{"id":76,"date":"2022-04-13T10:36:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/hunger-free\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2022-04-18T10:02:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T14:02:47","slug":"food-security-in-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/hunger-free\/food-security-in-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Security in New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ÌÇÐÄvlog Campus Community Garden, and its partner organizations, are working to better understand the nature of the need of students across New Jersey.<\/p>\n

During the Summer of 2020, data from the varied authorities on food access and security were collected and analyzed, in order to build a comprehensive resource that depicts the combined sum of knowledge of student food security within the state of New Jersey. Data from the U.S. Census<\/a>, USDA Food Environment Atlas<\/a>, Feeding America\u2019s Mapping the Meal Gap<\/a> program, and the New Jersey Department of Education<\/a>. A preliminary review during the Spring of 2020 suggested a nearly 10% rise in free lunches provided by K-12 schools since 2000, with some counties now exceeding one half of all enrolled students receiving a free lunch during the 2019 Academic Year, as reported by the New Jersey Department of Education. This steady rise of free lunch enrollment, a threshold that only households below 130% FPL are eligible for, served as an inspiration for this comprehensive inventory.<\/p>\n

A Summary of Audit Findings mapped by county are Available Below<\/p>\n

Click on an image below to enlarge photo.<\/p>

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