The Food Bank of North Central Arkansas (FBNCA) is actively participating in Feeding America’s national study, Hunger in America 2009—the fifth national study of charitable response to domestic hunger by surveying the food bank’s own hunger relief agencies and performing random client interviews.

Jay Byerley, a former University of Arkansas Mountain Home psychology instructor and current resident of Mountain Home, has volunteered to serve as the Hunger Study Coordinator with the help of his wife, Judy,  several FBNCA’s board members and other community volunteers.

The Hunger in America 2009 study began on February 26th in Searcy County—since that date 95 clients have been interviewed from 14 agencies.  The hunger study is to be completed nationwide by April 26. 

The completed Hunger In America 2009 study will serve as an authoritative source of information on private, domestic hunger relief in our service area.  The regional report (projected to be released early 2010) derived from data collected from the nine-county area served by the Food Bank of North Central Arkansas will inform local public and policy makers about the magnitude and scope of the hunger problem in north central Arkansas as well as serve as a strategic planning tool for the Food Bank of North Central Arkansas.

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