Nearly half of California families with young children report food insecurity

NEARLY HALF OF PARENTS of young children in California — 47% — say they struggle with food insecurity. That’s higher than anything that’s been recorded since Stanford’s RAPID Survey Project began surveying parents of children under 6 in July 2024 about food insecurity.

The Rapid Response considers a family food insecure if a survey respondent identifies with two or more of these experiences developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture: