Program Links
ASAP Haiti
Community development project that includes the help of volunteers who travel together on a “work and medical mission trip”
Campaign To End Childhood Hunger (CTECH) and the Kansas Benefit Bank
Improves food security for Kansas low-income children through advocacy, education and outreach.
Faith In Action
Compassionate assistance for frail elderly living alone. You could help someone…
GoZones!
Over 1,000 youth spent time at one of our GoZones! sites
Operation Holiday
Food assistance during the holidays.
Permanent Supportive Housing
When homeless persons have stabilized…
Shelter for the Homeless
Inter-Faith Ministries provides emergency shelter for Wichita’s homeless individuals and families…
CTECH - Hunger Statistics
Hunger and Poverty in Wichita
20,365 Wichita children live in poverty.
Wichitas childhood poverty rate is 21.8%—higher than national average of 17.3%.
Hunger and Poverty in Kansas
300,000 Kansans cannot afford enough food to feed their families. They either go hungry or require help from food pantries.
85,000 Kansas children use food stamps in order to have enough to eat.
12.3% of Kansas households are food insecure. This rate has gone up each year since 2000.
4.8% of Kansas families are hungry. This is a 50% increase from 1999-2001, making Kansas the seventh hungriest state in the nation.
Hunger and Poverty Affect Working Families
58% of Kansas families who are food insecure or at risk of hunger have at least one full-time worker. An additional 13% of families have at least one part-time worker.
Hunger and Poverty Are Increasing
As measured by free and reduced lunches, childhood poverty has increased each year for the past three years, both in Wichita and across Kansas.
You Can Help!
Contact Inter-Faith Ministries for more information on how you can feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, and advocate for economic justice.
These and additional statistics on hunger and poverty in Kansas are available from:
- Food Research and Action Center
- Kansas Action for Children
- Center on Hunger and Poverty, Brandeis University
Donations Accepted At:
Inter-Faith Ministries Office
829 N. Market St. (cash, coats, blankets, food)
Inter-Faith Inn
320 E. Central (also toiletry items and new underwear)
Donate Online (Follow links on this website)
For More Information
For more information call: 264-9303 or contact us via email.
CTECH Friends
www.a2h.org
America’s Second Harvest the nation’s food bank network.
www.bread.org
Bread for the World
www.cbpp.org
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
www.chn.org
Coalition of Human Needs
www.frac.org
Food Research and Action Center
www.gbgm-umc.org
United Methodist Church Domestic Hunger and Poverty Program
www.mazon.org
Jewish Response to Hunger
www.pcusa.org
Presbyterian Hunger Program
www.results.org
A movement to reduce hunger and poverty
www.strength.org
Great American Bake Sale / Share Our Strength
www.ucc.org
United Church of Christ Neighbors in Need