Caring Council
of San Diego

Addressing Poverty in the Greater San Diego Community
 
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Current Plan
Food Stamp
 Problem
Hunger Report  Abstract and
 Anecdotes
Hunger Report
 Exec.Summary
Hunger Full
 Report
Postcard
Take Down
 the Wall
Tarjeta Postal
USDA Report
You Can Help
     Mission

The Caring Council is a voluntary organization dedicated to building and supporting a movement focused on changing the structures, conditions,  and systems that create and maintain poverty.
 

    What is the Caring Council

The Caring Council is a voluntary association of individuals concerned with the practices that affect hunger, affordable housing, health care, education and the increasing number of people living in San Diego County. For more, see About Us.


     Current Project

Increase participation of eligible persons in the Food Stamp
program (now officially Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: SNAP)


See the report on Hunger and Food Stamps in San Diego County based on interviews with 180 persons in deep poverty

                                 
                                  Hunger Report Abstract and  
                                      Anecdotes -- People's Stories      (8 pages text)

                                 Hunger Report Executive Summary  (7 pages text)

                                 Hunger Full Report                             (72 pages)

Also see the US Department of Agriculture, Western Region report

                                                  USDA Report                                       (33 pages)

What you can do?

  • Join a group and plan to visit your county supervisor--Contact Us for more information.
     
  • See  You Can Help  for more information

     Who is your county supervisor?  Link to San Diego County Board of Supervisors