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"Poverty in Orange County: The Issues that Remain" <br />5. Community Education (importance of high <br />quality /cost of quality) <br />• Involve wider community / business/ UNC/ <br />Faith <br />• Be very specific about numbers on waiting lists <br />Session: Health and Nutrition <br />Facilitator/ Recorder: Dee Gamble and Rebecca Young <br />1. Nutrition <br />• Basic groceries for families <br />• Affordable, nutritious foods <br />• Food Stamps - increase amounts and expand <br />eligibility to be a safety net for working poor <br />• Access to a diet balanced in fresh fruits and <br />vegetables and less of the weight - gaining fillers - to <br />improve health and productivity for low- income <br />people. <br />• Consistent nutritious food for the elderly <br />• How to stretch nutrition dollars (most nutritious food <br />the buck) <br />• To have affordable, non -toxic foods and non - <br />genetically altered foods available, preferably locally <br />grown for maximum vitamin content, to all residents <br />but especially to the lower income <br />• Learning what constitutes a nutritious meal for <br />people with special dietary needs, e.g. diabetes, food <br />allergies, etc. <br />2. Financial <br />• Affordable pharmaceuticals <br />• Affordable health care services (sliding fee scale) <br />• Meeting the financial needs of the client <br />• Affordable health insurance <br />• Universal health care for NC <br />• Adequate Medicaid health providers, including <br />incentives <br />9 <br />