5,000 persons, out of 11,000 eligible in Yavapai County, participate in the WIC Program (Women, Infants and Children) managed by the Department of Public Health. DES reports that as of October 2009 SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – food stamps) recipients in the Verde Valley numbered 9,319 or about 12.7% of the total population. St. Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix recently announced... 

Sedona AZ (December 16, 2010) – According to the Verde Food Council Hunger Report of 2009 there are 72,000 people living in Arizona’s Verde Valley of which nearly 11,000 are hungry! The continuing downward turn of our economy caused this number to increase another fifty per cent (50%) in 2010. In partnership with local food banks, faith-based (interfaith) organizations, non-profit...