Many Texas non-profit organizations are worried they won’t be able to keep up with rising food insecurity, as pandemic-era relief expires and inflation increases operating costs. Via HoustonChron
Meals On Wheels client Victor Munoz, 70, talks to staff when they deliver food to him Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in Houston. The service has about 5,200 clients, most of them are more than 60 years old and homebound, between Houston and Galveston.Victor Munoz had dreams of sailing when he retired five years ago.
“By the time I get the next check, the last one is gone,” the 70-year-old retired refinery worker said. “It’s a lot of money. Things are tight.” beset by labor shortages, stagnant funding, fewer volunteers and supply chain issues that have driven up both the cost, and unpredictability, of their food supply.Now, with some federal pandemic-era funding set to expire this year — and with a potentially busy hurricane season on the horizon that could drive up housing and food needs — many nonprofits say they’re worried they won’t be able to keep up with growing food insecurity that’s hit all parts of southeast Texas.
Operational costs, meanwhile, have jumped by about 30 percent over the year, Magee said, adding roughly $10,000 in additional weekly costs at the same time that the nonprofit faces a shortage of volunteers, many of whom are seniors on fixed incomes who can’t afford the gasoline.of rising costs and less food.
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