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28 <br /> We need a more effective, dignified, and direct way of providing food assistance. <br /> "I've got specific people's faces in my mind when I'm speaking...seeing their struggles, <br /> having to help them myself when 1 could just get to the grocery store...the helplessness <br /> on someone's face having to depend on these [programs]... a lot of these people they <br /> don't want to have to ask nobody for nothing, you know what I'm saying? And they will <br /> go without sometimes just cause they don't want to have to ask nobody. They are paying <br /> their taxes and they've been working all their life. They just need a little help. They don't <br /> want a handout. They just want help." <br /> Recommended Actions.- <br /> In <br /> ctions:In one of the wealthiest counties in North Carolina, we should not be struggling <br /> with hunger or undignified ways of receiving food assistance. Experts recom- <br /> mend a service similar to Instacart to be available as a public program. People <br /> should be able to choose their foods and schedule when to pick up or receive <br /> them. This would help increase access and dignity for those receiving food <br /> program support, especially for people who are homebound or need delivery <br /> services due to transportation issues. The proposed online service should allow <br /> for SNAP/EBT to be used. <br /> "moo Vii. <br /> I <br /> Figure 3. Dirty produce from a county food distribution program photographed by a Community Expert. <br /> 13 <br />