2023-544-E-Health Dept-Transplanting Traditions -Outside Agency Agreement

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Program information P a g e 13 o f 32 Japanese Vietnamese Filipino Korean Some other race 7 2 Total 11 5 Of the above, how many Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin 0 0 Of the above, how many non-Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin 11 5 Total 11 5 8. Please describe any activities your organization is doing to address racial equity. a. % of staff that have attended racial equity training: 100% b. % of board that have attended racial equity training: 60% c. Any additional activities: PROGRAM INFORMATION *Please submit for each program if applying for funding for more than one program. 9. Program Name: Healthy Food Access Program Program Primary Contact and Title: Ree Ree Wei Telephone Number: 984-212-4621 E-Mail: hrwei@transplantingtraditions.org 10. 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) Given the language, education, and cultural barriers, employment options for refugees are limited to poorly compensated jobs in service industries. As a result, refugee families often struggle to meet basic household needs, the majority in Orange County being low income and food insecure. Those that do seek food assistance struggle to access culturally appropriate foods is critical to a healthy culturally rooted diet, adding to the burden of chronic disease in the refugee community. The Healthy Food Access Program meets immediate needs of the local refugee community through traditional food distribution, while also addressing root causes of food insecurity by increasing, for the long term, refugee farmers’ capacity to grow produce—both for their own households and for others in the community. The core goals of this program are to increase access to healthy, culturally relevant food for refugee and immigrant families experiencing food insecurity; boost refugee farmers’ capacity; and improve the overall physical, financial, and mental health of the larger local refugee and immigrant community, getting more produce into the homes of the local refugee community. The Healthy Food Access program uses monetary donations from private and public donors to purchase Southeast Asian produce grown by partner farmers from TTCF. In partnership with local hunger relief organizations, such as PORCH and the Refugee Support Center the produce is then distributed into the EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATIONDocuSign Envelope ID: D2C31311-1A1A-4A30-9007-2F17D64E6227