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"After working all day, coming home to an empty kitchen is hard. The juice is always the first thing to go.

"But we are so lucky. We can come here and get a good hot meal or a bag of groceries that will pull us through."

Read this and other stories of people we help.

Policy & Research Reports

The degree of food poverty throughout New York City

Socio-demographic characteristics of residents experiencing food poverty

Access to government nutrition assistance and income-support programs

Economic, resource and educational needs of the emergency food program network

Changes in demand for food assistance

Needs assessments

Difficulty affording food among New York City residents

Our research helps us to determine and address the need for emergency food, government nutrition assistance, income support and nutrition education programs throughout the five boroughs. In addition, our research helps to inform policy at the city, state and federal levels. Through our research reports, policy papers and testimony, the Food Bank works to establish an ongoing dialogue with elected officials, community leaders and members of our network of food assistance programs to develop solutions to food poverty. Browse our policy and research reports below.

The Food Bank's NYC Hunger Safety Net report series is designed to track trends in hunger and create research-based solutions to hunger throughout the five boroughs. The reports include findings on the population relying on emergency food programs (EFPs) including soup kitchens and food pantries; the operations, resources and services of EFPs; and residents' access to food assistance. NYC Hunger Safety Net 2007: A Food Poverty Focus is the second in the HSN series and is the first scientific study to provide such trend analysis for New York City.

The NYC Hunger Experience report series tracks annual trends in difficulty affording food among New York City residents. Food Bank For New York City contracts with Marist College Institute for Public Opinion to conduct telephone interviews with a random and representative sample of city residents. Socio-demographic findings identify which populations throughout the five boroughs are having the greatest difficulty affording food throughout the year in order to inform policy solutions and address the problem of food poverty.

The Food Bank's policy papers use data from our research to inform public policy at the city, state and federal levels. Our policy papers are instrumental to our ongoing efforts to raise public awareness and spur legislative action to end food poverty.

Feeding America regularly collaborates with member food banks and food rescue organizations throughout the United States to conduct studies on emergency food programs (EFPs) and the people they serve. Food Bank For New York City participates by conducting interviews with residents accessing EFPs and distributing surveys to the EFP network throughout the five boroughs. The Hunger in America: New York City & State reports draw upon local, state and national findings, as analyzed by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Policy & Research Reports

NYC Hunger Safety Net

NYC Hunger Experience

Policy Papers

Hunger in America