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5 <br /> 1 State of Food Insecurity in <br /> 2 Orange County <br /> 3 January 24, 2020 <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Mr. Myren provided context that about a year ago Commissioners approved the Food Council <br /> 6 coordinator to be part of County Government. The Food Council touches systems thinking in <br /> 7 several ways: (1) Coordinator position is intergovernmentally funded; The County, Chapel Hill <br /> 8 Carrboro and Hillsborough jointly fund it; (2) Goal of Food Council is to understand the food <br /> 9 system and where interventions can be helpful; (3) Since Ms. Heger is part of the County <br /> 10 Government, she helps them work interdepartmentally. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Ms. Heger explained the Food Council takes a systems thinking approach on three levels: <br /> 13 1. Everything across our system is interrelated and the last few years has been about <br /> 14 building relationships <br /> 15 2. Working toward getting data and better understanding for what's happening in Orange <br /> 16 County <br /> 17 3. Government Alliance for Racial Equity(GARS Core Team) is working toward helping <br /> 18 see interrelatedness across systems—if one piece is changed, what happens throughout <br /> 19 the sytems? <br /> 20 <br /> 21 A look at the numbers: 2017-2019 Data <br /> 22 Food Insecurity Rate 12.7% <br /> 23 Number of people experiencing food insecurity 18,030 <br /> 24 Children under 18 who are food insecure 4,420 <br /> 25 Adults over 65 who are living below the poverty level 914 <br /> 26 Federal Nutrition Service # of recipients FY 2018-19 14,478 <br /> 27 WIC participation#s for December 2019 2,260 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Demographics Carrboro Clinic WIC Dec 2019 <br /> 30 American Indian or Alaskan Native—0 <br /> 31 Asian— 150 <br /> 32 Black or African American—249 <br /> 33 White— 859 <br /> 34 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander— 1 <br /> 35 Multi-Race—23 <br /> 36 Latinx—40% <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Demographics Chapel Hill Clinic WIC Dec 2019 <br /> 39 American Indian or Alaskan Native—0 <br /> 40 Asian—6 <br /> 41 Black or African American— 113 <br /> 42 White—75 <br /> 43 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander—0 <br />