Child food insecurity affects every county in the United States. In Nevada, one out of five children face food insecurity.
This is according to Feeding America's "Map the Meal Gap" study.
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada points out that smaller rural counties in Nevada are the ones facing the most amount of food insecurity.
The Food Bank covers more than 50,000 square miles, which includes all of northern Nevada and some of the eastern slope of the Sierra in California, and they are working to fight food insecurity in those areas.
"We are really seeing a trying time," said Jocelyn Lantrip, Director of Marketing for the Food Bank of Northern Nevada. "We're helping 60,000 people every single month, and I'm not sure that people understand the gravity of what could happen if these SNAP benefits are taken away, if they're proposed."
"Map the Meal Gap" is in its 15th year.
It's the only study that provides local-level estimates of food insecurity and food costs for every county and congressional district.
