Client Demographics

We serve more than 34,500 meals in our soup kitchen each year, to 80% minority clients, and 40% percent female clients.  Ninety-eight percent of our clients are from the Greater Hartford area.  The over-whelming growth population continues to be Latino, both male and female.  Both the Caucasian and African-American populations have decreased by about 10% due to movement out of the city.  Our female population decreased somewhat due to "Welfare to Work" initiatives several years ago, but is once again rising as more Hartford females need our programs.  Single mothers and families remain a large portion of our population.  Homeless figures are notoriously difficult to pin down, for the reason that many clients stay with friends or relatives on a rotating basis but have no permanent home.  Identification is required for all programs other than the soup kitchen.  Our numbers served in the soup kitchen are rising as a result of recent economic downturns.

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