A Feeding South Dakota food bank in Rapid City. Photo from SDNW.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.. (KELO.com) — As prices for food, gas, housing and other necessary goods and services continue to rise due to inflation, the resulting economic hardships are being disproportionately felt by people in entry-level jobs and those with fixed or low incomes.
While some South Dakotans are suddenly facing difficult choices to remain safe and stable, agencies that help low-income residents are seeing fewer donations and fewer volunteers to help those in need.
In the latest article published by South Dakota News Watch, available here, reporter Kylie Carlson explains how inflation is hurting people on low or fixed incomes, and introduces readers to a young Sioux Falls man who has a stable job but who is barely getting by and could soon face homelessness.
