2022-459-E-Health-Transplanting Traditions-Outside agency agreement

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Program information Page 12 of 33 this leadership transition within the staff team, the board, and community-based organizational structure. PROGRAM INFORMATION *Please submit for each program if applying for funding for more than one program. 6. Program Name: Healthy Food Access Program Program Primary Contact and Title: Hsar Ree Ree Wei Telephone Number: 984-212-4621 E-Mail: Hrwei@TransplantingTraditions.org 7. Please briefly describe the proposed program, including an explanation of how it aligns with the Town of Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s Results Framework, and Orange County BOCC Goals and Priorities, and the target population to benefit from the program. (250 words or less) Because of language, training, and other barriers to higher income jobs, the majority of refugees in Orange County are low income and many are food insecure. Those that do seek out food assistance, through SNAP-EBT, food banks, and similar services, struggle to access culturally appropriate foods that are familiar and critical to a healthy culturally rooted diet. Traditional food banks or SNAP retailers often provide unhealthy or unfamiliar food items that add to the burden of chronic disease in the refugee community and replace once healthy food traditions that rely on culturally appropriate foods. To address the issue of access to culturally relevant food for refugees, TTCF has developed a holistic food access program that works with food pantries and community donations to purchase culturally appropriate Asian foods grown by TTCF farmers for donation to organizations such as PORCH and the Refugee Support Center. Vegetables and herbs such as lemongrass, bitter melon, snake gourd and pennywort have been grown and harvested TTCF farmers for this program As of Fall 2021, this food access program has distributed more than 21,311 pounds of food to almost 5,000 refugees. Farmers growing specifically for these programs have earned more than $87,588 since 2015 Healthy Food Access Program 8. Target Population: Please complete the table below with numbers (not percentages) of individuals served and projected to be served. Program Target Population Demographics Projected 2020-2021 Actual 2020- 2021 Projected 2021-2022 Projected 2022-2023 Gender Men 418 836 504 836 EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION DocuSign Envelope ID: F38AEFE6-1D08-4C4C-8C40-AA9F3F782631