Feeding Our Kūpuna: An Overview of Hawaii's Senior Hunger Safety Net and How to Strengthen it

Currently in Hawaii, thousands of seniors struggle just to put food on their table. The issue of senior hunger is complex, and is often a symptom of deeper flaws in the structure of the economy, society, and food systems themselves. This report presents an overview of the tools- many of them federal safety net programs- that are available to alleviate the problem in Hawaii. The report then examines each of the safety net tools with special attention to how they can be used to support both nutrition and food systems for Hawaii's senior citizens.