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4 <br /> 1 Slide #4 <br /> Highlights <br /> ■ Food Irasecurlly Is caused by many factors and can be seen as a symptom <br /> of other syslem failures like a lack of affordable housing or liveable <br /> wages). <br /> • Community Experts value most exisling services but There is.a need to <br /> move beyond chanty and Irevest In long•lerm saulions to end#runner_ <br /> -qow direct services need major improvements <br /> • T#lose experiencing food insecurity need to be a part of the solution. Their <br /> erpertlse and particlpatlon i�s essenlial. <br /> 'Please no4a the"Obunhl' is defrred ®s al iumdichar* and carnmuni4es *11m Crum@ County+ <br /> urk65s oMer*56 speci!�M wMirb 1ho T@por1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Ashley Heger said they did not look at food insecurity by jurisdiction or community, but in <br /> 4 a holistic way, county-wide. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Slide #5 <br /> Process <br /> 1. Asked community leader$ if they would participate in a food access assessmnL <br /> Response:-uhy do you need to keep assessing us vs.listening to us? <br /> 2. Community asked us to look at how the county addresses hunger and provide <br /> mare transparency about food access invesimenls_We collected 5 years of <br /> bw1g.et dale to assess haw furm!E.were invested. <br /> 3. Recruited Community Ex pails from the eommuniNas most impacW by food <br /> Inse-curity. <br /> 4. 2 month photpvoioe processurith a small gaup. <br /> 5. 4 ses sion s of data analysis and rencFmmendatiorl davelopment with largergroup. <br /> 6. Commurilly Experts h-elped overseethe final reportwrlting_ <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Ashley Heger said the Food Council wanted to engage in an assessment process that <br /> 9 would provide decision-makers with data and information but would shift power to those most <br /> 10 impacted. She said one of the first ideas they received was to look at budget data and policy <br /> 11 information for what the county is doing to combat food insecurity. She said it was difficult to <br /> 12 find policy information, so they focused on budget data. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 <br />