Second Harvest Food Bank has deemed Warren County a county with one-fifth of its residents living at or below the poverty level. According to Second Harvest developmental representative Ben Webster, 8,265 people are living under the official poverty line.The official governmental poverty level is based on income and number living in the household. Poverty is currently defined by income as:• family of four: income less than $27,000 per year; • family of two: income less than $18,000 per year; • single person: income less than $13,000 per year.The elderly, disabled and children under 6 score additional points in this system.Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency local director Kim Luton said her agency is seeing many people who are not able to buy groceries, or pay their utility bills as they once could.“Some of these people are in their 50s and 60s and have medical issues.
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