R.I. FOOD BANK: Report charts hunger by meals missed

11/21/2016: Providence Journal – After paying cash and using aid, low-income households lack 15% of meals; this “meal gap,” represents 33.2 million missing meals. A significant gap in food assistance means thousands of Rhode Islanders go hungry each day, missing an estimated 33 million meals per year, according to a new report on hunger compiled by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The state’s low-income households, says the report, rely on federal food aid, school meals and the food bank for 64 percent of their meals and pay cash for another 21 percent of what they eat.  More