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5 3. Government Alliance for Racial Equity (CARE Core Team) is working toward helping see interrelatedness across systems — if one piece is changed, what happens throughout the sytems? A look at the numbers: 2017 - 2019 Data Food Insecurity Rate 12.7% Number of people experiencing food insecurity 18,030 Children under 18 who are food insecure 4,420 Adults over 65 who are living below the poverty level 914 Federal Nutrition Service # of recipients FY 2018-19 14,478 WIC participation #s for December 2019 2,260 Demographics Carrboro Clinic WIC Dec 2019 American Indian or Alaskan Native — 0 Asian — 150 Black or African American — 249 White — 859 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander— 1 Multi-Race — 23 Latinx—40% Demographics Chapel Hill Clinic WIC Dec 2019 American Indian or Alaskan Native — 0 Asian — 6 Black or African American — 113 White — 75 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander— 0 Multi-Race — 7 Latinx— 11% Demographics Hillsborough Clinic WIC Dec 2019 American Indian or Alaskan Native — 2 Asian — 11 Black of African American — 215 White — 514 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander-- 0 Multi-Race — 35 Latinx— 17% Stories about hunger &food insecurity Ms. Heger explained the Food Council has been working on gathering qualitative stories and learning from people who have lived experience with food insecurity. There is a designated place on their board for someone with personal experience with food insecurity. Community Health Assessment (2019) Sample survey every community does every three years across North Carolina. - Food Access named in top 10 priorities - 1 in 5 respondents reported they had to cut the size of their meals or skip meals because there was not enough money for food