Reduce Food Insecurity
Goals
- Reduce food insecurity from 8.3% to HP2030 goal of 6%
Strategy 1
Promote resources, including farmers markets, food pantries, and FMC
How Do We Aim to Accomplish our Goal?
- Conduct mass media campaign to promote resources
- Educate providers on Food as Medicine
- Explore partnership for school community gardens and older adult volunteer opportunities
Strategy 2
Implement Choice Pantry
How Do We Aim to Accomplish our Goal?
- Encourage healthy food donations to food pantries
- Work with local business to support the development of a Choice Pantry
- Provide health screenings at pantries
- Increase home-delivered and congregate meal services for older adults living independently (i.e., not residents of senior living or retirement community centers
Strategy 3
Advocate for Healthy School Meals for All
How Do We Aim to Accomplish our Goal?
- Advocate for policy change for funding to support Healthy School Meals for All
- Increase summer weekend bag program