About Michelle
With over 25 years in the culinary industry, from front of the house positions to restaurant management and ownership.....I decided to start my own personal chef and confections business in 2005. My full time career has been dedicated to many years of accounting as a Full Time Controller for Restaurant Groups, go figure. Did I mention I LOVE FOOD? . Since then...my life has brought me to my other passion, everything HOME! I love everything about mine...It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling! I enjoy architecture, the style of homes and everything that makes up the HOMEY Feeling for others! So....now I'm Licenced REALTOR® in the lovely state of Florida!
Naturally, my Food Biz has scaled down a bit to dedicate myself to my new endeavor. Me and my foodie team now are available for private events only, and of course we still sell sweets on my store.
The objectives that have always driven me has been satisfying my clients needs, be it in the food biz, accounting or now real estate. This website has enabled me to help provide solutions for catering as well as continuing our efforts in feeding our less fortunate and donating to protecting animal welfare.
I've often wondered why...with all the resources and food most of us have...why so many people are starving? So many people and animals are left without care, without love, without hope? It's pretty unfathomable!
When you purchase one of my products you become a part of the bigger picture.......helping provide healthy meals to the needy and provide food, shelter and care to abandoned, abused animals.
Please read TO THE END for US Poverty Statistics....and become part of the change: NOTE: These stats are from a few years back....and I will eventually update! REAL ESTATE id now My FT JAM..... oooh, maybe I need another JAM Recipe;-)
D'Licious Chef Services integrates the highest quality foods and ingredients and I am confident your bodies will thank me. If our client's budget allows, we prefer to use organic, Non-GMO and locally sourced foods. We do however, cook with whatever ingredients YOU like.
LIST OF SERVICES:
*Catering Services*
*Menu planning & grocery shopping*
*Healthy, Organic, Vegetarian, Vegan and Gluten Free Options*
*Individual or Group Cooking Classes*
*Table Design & Decor*
*Party Planning & Event Coordination*
*D'licious Confections, Sweet Tables*
*Individualized Phone Consultations*
*Events and Pop-Up Sweets & Eats Booth*
Here are some staggering statistics:
SOURCE: WWW.FEEDINGAMERICA.ORG
Although related, food insecurity and poverty are not the same. Poverty in the United States is only one of many factors associated with food insecurity. In fact, higher unemployment, lower household assets, and certain demographic characteristics also lead to a lack of access to adequate, nutritious food. Read on for national hunger and poverty facts and statistics, or visit Map the Meal Gap for state-specific information.
Poverty Statistics in the United States[i]In 2017:
Facts about poverty and hunger in AmericaEven in the world’s greatest food-producing nation, children and adults face poverty and hunger in every county across America.
Poverty:
Tables
Income:
Table A-1. Income Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table A-2. Households by Total Money Income, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder: 1967 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table D-1. Historical Median Income Using Alternative Price Indices: 1967 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Income Inequality:
Table A-3. Income Distribution Measures Using Money Income and Equivalence-Adjusted Income: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table A-4a and A-4b. Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion[<1.0 MB]
Table A-5. Selected Measures of Equivalence-Adjusted Income Dispersion: 1967 to 2020[<1.0MB]
Earnings:
Table A-6. Earnings Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table A-7. Number and Real Median Earnings of Total Workers and Full-Time, Year-Round Workers by Sex and Female-to-Male Earnings Ratio: 1960 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table A-8. Percent Change in Earnings and Number of Workers: 2007 to 2009 and 2019 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Poverty:
Poverty Thresholds: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-1. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-2. Families and People in Poverty by Type of Family: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-3. People With Income Below Specified Ratios of Their Poverty Thresholds by Selected Characteristics: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-4. Poverty Status of People by Family Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-5. Poverty Status of People by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-6. Poverty Status of Families by Type of Family: 1959 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Impact on Poverty of Alternative Resource Measures by Age: 1981 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Impact on Poverty of Alternative Resource Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Income Deficit or Surplus of Primary Families and Unrelated Individuals by Poverty Status: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Percentage of People in Poverty by State Using 2- and 3-Year Averages: 2017-2018 and 2019-2020[<1.0 MB]
Interrelationships of 3-Year Average State Poverty Rates: 2018 - 2020[<1.0 MB]
Post-Tax Household Income:
Table C-1. Post-Tax Household Income Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table C-2. Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics Using Money Income and Post-Tax Income: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table C-3. Distribution Measures Using Post-Tax Income and Equivalence-Adjusted Post-Tax Income: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table C-4. Distribution Measures Using Money Income, Post-Tax Income, Equivalence-Adjusted Income, and Equivalence-Adjusted Post-Tax Income: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figures
Income:
Figure 1. Median Household Income and Percent Change by Selected Characteristics[<1.0 MB]
Figure 2. Real Median Household Income by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1967 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure D1. Historical Median Income Using Alternative Price Indices: 1967 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Income Inequality:
Figure 3. Income Distribution Measures and Percent Change Using Money Income and Equivalence-Adjusted Income[<1.0 MB]
Earnings:
Figure 4. Median Earnings and Percent Change by Work Status and Sex[<1.0 MB]
Figure 5. Female-to-Male Earnings Ratio and Median Earnings of Full-Time, Year-Round Workers 15 Years and Older by Sex: 1960 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure 6. Total and Full-Time, Year-Round Workers 15 Years and Older With Earnings by Sex: 1967 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure 7. Percent Change in Median Earnings and Number of Workers: 2007 to 2009 and 2019 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Poverty:
Figure 8. Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate: 1959 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure 9. Poverty Rate and Percentage-Point Change by Selected Characteristics: People[<1.0 MB]
Figure 10. Poverty Rates by Age and Sex: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure 11. Poverty Rates by Age: 1959 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure 12. Poverty Rate and Percentage Point Change by Type of Family: Families and People[<1.0 MB]
Figure 13. People With Income Below Specified Ratios of Their Poverty Thresholds by Age: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Source Information
For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/techdocs/cpsmar21.pdf [PDF - <1.0 MB].
The Census Bureau reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied to this release. CBDRB-FY21-282.
FOOD INSECURITY IN THE U.S. CONT.
• Fifteen states exhibited statistically significantly higher household food-insecurity rates than the U.S. national average 2014-2016 (13.0%)8
1. Mississippi (18.7%)
2. Louisiana (18.3%)
3. Alabama (18.1%)
4. New Mexico (17.6%)
5. Arkansas (17.5%)
6. Kentucky (17.3%)
7. Maine (16.4%)
8. Indiana (15.2%)
9. Oklahoma (15.2%)
10. North Carolina (15.1%)
11. West Virginia (14.9%)
12. Ohio (14.8%)
13. Arizona (14.6%)
14. Oregon (14.6%)
15. Texas (14.3%)
Click on the links above to help the needy or a furry friend! ACT NOW!
Every dollar spent with my company also guarantees a donation to help the needy! D'Licious Chef Services, Confections & Events actively donates to charity!
Click on our Chef Services page above or below for more information on what we offer.
With over 25 years in the culinary industry, from front of the house positions to restaurant management and ownership.....I decided to start my own personal chef and confections business in 2005. My full time career has been dedicated to many years of accounting as a Full Time Controller for Restaurant Groups, go figure. Did I mention I LOVE FOOD? . Since then...my life has brought me to my other passion, everything HOME! I love everything about mine...It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling! I enjoy architecture, the style of homes and everything that makes up the HOMEY Feeling for others! So....now I'm Licenced REALTOR® in the lovely state of Florida!
Naturally, my Food Biz has scaled down a bit to dedicate myself to my new endeavor. Me and my foodie team now are available for private events only, and of course we still sell sweets on my store.
The objectives that have always driven me has been satisfying my clients needs, be it in the food biz, accounting or now real estate. This website has enabled me to help provide solutions for catering as well as continuing our efforts in feeding our less fortunate and donating to protecting animal welfare.
I've often wondered why...with all the resources and food most of us have...why so many people are starving? So many people and animals are left without care, without love, without hope? It's pretty unfathomable!
When you purchase one of my products you become a part of the bigger picture.......helping provide healthy meals to the needy and provide food, shelter and care to abandoned, abused animals.
Please read TO THE END for US Poverty Statistics....and become part of the change: NOTE: These stats are from a few years back....and I will eventually update! REAL ESTATE id now My FT JAM..... oooh, maybe I need another JAM Recipe;-)
D'Licious Chef Services integrates the highest quality foods and ingredients and I am confident your bodies will thank me. If our client's budget allows, we prefer to use organic, Non-GMO and locally sourced foods. We do however, cook with whatever ingredients YOU like.
LIST OF SERVICES:
*Catering Services*
*Menu planning & grocery shopping*
*Healthy, Organic, Vegetarian, Vegan and Gluten Free Options*
*Individual or Group Cooking Classes*
*Table Design & Decor*
*Party Planning & Event Coordination*
*D'licious Confections, Sweet Tables*
*Individualized Phone Consultations*
*Events and Pop-Up Sweets & Eats Booth*
Here are some staggering statistics:
SOURCE: WWW.FEEDINGAMERICA.ORG
Although related, food insecurity and poverty are not the same. Poverty in the United States is only one of many factors associated with food insecurity. In fact, higher unemployment, lower household assets, and certain demographic characteristics also lead to a lack of access to adequate, nutritious food. Read on for national hunger and poverty facts and statistics, or visit Map the Meal Gap for state-specific information.
Poverty Statistics in the United States[i]In 2017:
Facts about poverty and hunger in AmericaEven in the world’s greatest food-producing nation, children and adults face poverty and hunger in every county across America.
- 34 million people lived in poverty in America. For a family of four, that means earning just $25,000 per year.
- In 2020, more than 38 million people faced hunger in the United States, including more than 12 million children.
- A household that is food insecure has limited or uncertain access to enough food to support a healthy life.
- Children are more likely to face food insecurity than any other group in the United States.
- The coronavirus pandemic has left millions of families without stable employment. More than 42 million people, including 13 million children, may experience food insecurity.
Poverty:
- The official poverty rate in 2020 was 11.4 percent, up 1.0 percentage point from 10.5 percent in 2019. This is the first increase in poverty after five consecutive annual declines (Figure 8 and Table B-4).
- In 2020, there were 37.2 million people in poverty, approximately 3.3 million more than in 2019 (Figure 8 and Table B-1).
- Between 2019 and 2020, the poverty rate increased for non-Hispanic Whites and Hispanics. Among non-Hispanic Whites, 8.2 percent were in poverty in 2020, while Hispanics had a poverty rate of 17.0 percent. Among the major racial groups examined in this report, Blacks had the highest poverty rate (19.5 percent), but did not experience a significant change from 2019. The poverty rate for Asians (8.1 percent) in 2020 was not statistically different from 2019 (Figure 9 and Table B-1).
- Poverty rates for people under the age of 18 increased from 14.4 percent in 2019 to 16.1 percent in 2020. Poverty rates also increased for people aged 18 to 64 from 9.4 percent in 2019 to 10.4 percent in 2020. The poverty rate for people aged 65 and older was 9.0 percent in 2020, not statistically different from 2019 (Figure 9 and Table B-1).
- Between 2019 and 2020, poverty rates increased for married-couple families and families with a female householder. The poverty rate for married-couple families increased from 4.0 percent in 2019 to 4.7 percent in 2020. For families with a female householder, the poverty rate increased from 22.2 percent to 23.4 percent. The poverty rate for families with a male householder was 11.4 percent in 2020, not statistically different from 2019 (Figure 12 and Table B-2).
Tables
Income:
Table A-1. Income Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table A-2. Households by Total Money Income, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder: 1967 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table D-1. Historical Median Income Using Alternative Price Indices: 1967 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Income Inequality:
Table A-3. Income Distribution Measures Using Money Income and Equivalence-Adjusted Income: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table A-4a and A-4b. Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion[<1.0 MB]
Table A-5. Selected Measures of Equivalence-Adjusted Income Dispersion: 1967 to 2020[<1.0MB]
Earnings:
Table A-6. Earnings Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table A-7. Number and Real Median Earnings of Total Workers and Full-Time, Year-Round Workers by Sex and Female-to-Male Earnings Ratio: 1960 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table A-8. Percent Change in Earnings and Number of Workers: 2007 to 2009 and 2019 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Poverty:
Poverty Thresholds: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-1. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-2. Families and People in Poverty by Type of Family: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-3. People With Income Below Specified Ratios of Their Poverty Thresholds by Selected Characteristics: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-4. Poverty Status of People by Family Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-5. Poverty Status of People by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table B-6. Poverty Status of Families by Type of Family: 1959 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Impact on Poverty of Alternative Resource Measures by Age: 1981 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Impact on Poverty of Alternative Resource Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Income Deficit or Surplus of Primary Families and Unrelated Individuals by Poverty Status: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Percentage of People in Poverty by State Using 2- and 3-Year Averages: 2017-2018 and 2019-2020[<1.0 MB]
Interrelationships of 3-Year Average State Poverty Rates: 2018 - 2020[<1.0 MB]
Post-Tax Household Income:
Table C-1. Post-Tax Household Income Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table C-2. Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics Using Money Income and Post-Tax Income: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table C-3. Distribution Measures Using Post-Tax Income and Equivalence-Adjusted Post-Tax Income: 2019 and 2020[<1.0 MB]
Table C-4. Distribution Measures Using Money Income, Post-Tax Income, Equivalence-Adjusted Income, and Equivalence-Adjusted Post-Tax Income: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figures
Income:
Figure 1. Median Household Income and Percent Change by Selected Characteristics[<1.0 MB]
Figure 2. Real Median Household Income by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1967 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure D1. Historical Median Income Using Alternative Price Indices: 1967 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Income Inequality:
Figure 3. Income Distribution Measures and Percent Change Using Money Income and Equivalence-Adjusted Income[<1.0 MB]
Earnings:
Figure 4. Median Earnings and Percent Change by Work Status and Sex[<1.0 MB]
Figure 5. Female-to-Male Earnings Ratio and Median Earnings of Full-Time, Year-Round Workers 15 Years and Older by Sex: 1960 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure 6. Total and Full-Time, Year-Round Workers 15 Years and Older With Earnings by Sex: 1967 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure 7. Percent Change in Median Earnings and Number of Workers: 2007 to 2009 and 2019 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Poverty:
Figure 8. Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate: 1959 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure 9. Poverty Rate and Percentage-Point Change by Selected Characteristics: People[<1.0 MB]
Figure 10. Poverty Rates by Age and Sex: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure 11. Poverty Rates by Age: 1959 to 2020[<1.0 MB]
Figure 12. Poverty Rate and Percentage Point Change by Type of Family: Families and People[<1.0 MB]
Figure 13. People With Income Below Specified Ratios of Their Poverty Thresholds by Age: 2020[<1.0 MB]
Source Information
For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/techdocs/cpsmar21.pdf [PDF - <1.0 MB].
The Census Bureau reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied to this release. CBDRB-FY21-282.
FOOD INSECURITY IN THE U.S. CONT.
• Fifteen states exhibited statistically significantly higher household food-insecurity rates than the U.S. national average 2014-2016 (13.0%)8
1. Mississippi (18.7%)
2. Louisiana (18.3%)
3. Alabama (18.1%)
4. New Mexico (17.6%)
5. Arkansas (17.5%)
6. Kentucky (17.3%)
7. Maine (16.4%)
8. Indiana (15.2%)
9. Oklahoma (15.2%)
10. North Carolina (15.1%)
11. West Virginia (14.9%)
12. Ohio (14.8%)
13. Arizona (14.6%)
14. Oregon (14.6%)
15. Texas (14.3%)
Click on the links above to help the needy or a furry friend! ACT NOW!
Every dollar spent with my company also guarantees a donation to help the needy! D'Licious Chef Services, Confections & Events actively donates to charity!
Click on our Chef Services page above or below for more information on what we offer.