The center would help them with some expenses and with food when they found a place. Meanwhile they stayed in a shelter and ate at a soup kitchen that are both Food Bank partner agencies. It's true that jobs are available. The difficulty comes from the large number of low paying jobs. The hundreds of thousands of people who earn less than this must make some very difficult choices.
Poverty causes hunger.
People suffer from hunger when they do not have the money to purchase nutritionally adequate food. Hunger worsens health problems for older adults and speeds the onset of degenerative diseases. This leads to unnecessary decreases in their quality of life and increases the cost of healthcare in America.