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<br />Program information Page 11 of 37 <br />PROGRAM INFORMATION <br />*Please submit for each program if applying for funding for more than one program. <br /> <br />6. Program Name: Fresh Food Purchasing (with Carolina Jews for Justice) <br /> <br /> Program Primary Contact and Title: Carlo Wright, Client Relations Coordinator <br /> <br /> Telephone Number: 919.925.2651 E-Mail: carlo@farmerfoodshare.org <br /> <br />7. Please briefly describe the proposed program, including an explanation of how it aligns with <br />the Town of Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s Results Framework, and Orange County BOCC Goals <br />and Priorities, and the target population to benefit from the program. (250 words or less) <br />Farmer Foodshare uses funds from a variety of sources to source exclusively NC-grown <br />produce through our Wholesale Market. We then deliver the food to our partner <br />organizations, who provide it to individuals in need. In this way, local farmers (including <br />those located in Orange County) receive an economic boost because we’re paying <br />them for what they grow, and residents receive and consume the fresh food they need <br />to improve their health outcomes (in alignment with Chapel Hill/Carrboro Strategic <br />Objective 3 and Orange County Goals/Priorities 1-2). <br />Through our proposed partnership with Carolina Jews for Justice, human services <br />funding would be used to purchase and distribute food boxes filled with fresh, seasonal <br />produce (valued at approximately $18/ea) twice monthly. With the full amount of funding <br />requested, we would be able to serve 100 low-income, predominantly BIPOC Orange <br />County residents at each of 6 distributions (for a total of 600 individual distributions). <br />Each participant will also receive nutrition/usage information with each distribution to <br />encourage consumption of the food. <br />The food will be incorporated into the Fed Up campaign, a collaboration of Carolina <br />Jews for Justice, NC Raise Up – Fight for $15, and the NC Poor People’s Campaign, <br />with support from Farmer Foodshare. It was created to nourish our communities with <br />fresh food and critical knowledge. Each box of food comes with reading material and an <br />invitation to get involved in the movement to eliminate poverty wages and cultivate a <br />voice in workplace policies that negatively affect our communities. <br /> <br />8. Target Population: Please complete the table below with numbers (not percentages) of <br />individuals served and projected to be served. <br />*Note: The following demographics reflect information provided to us by Carolina <br />Jews for Justice. They do not collect all of the requested demographics. They <br />anticipate serving 1,520 individuals over the course of 2022-23. Our figures <br />anticipate providing food to 100 of these individuals (those located in Orange <br />County) 6 times each (for a total of 600 individuals served), provided that our <br />proposal is funded in full. We have scaled the demographics for these 600 based <br />on the proportions reported for Carolina Jews for Justice’s overall population. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: BC021861-30DF-4F8A-9FA3-8AE2B71D28D0