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1/31/24, 3:06 PM HSOA-24-54 <br />https://chapelhillnc.workflow.opengov.com/#/explore/records/63283/react-form-details/63283 10/22 <br />Describe the proposed program and the target population to benefit from the program. Please also <br />explain how the program aligns with the Town of Chapel Hill and Carrboro's Human Services Program <br />Results Framework and/or Orange County's BOCC Goals and Priorities (250 words or less). <br />Target Population <br />The program target population demographics table is included as an <br />attachement on the application cover page. Please download the excel <br />spreadsheet and fill out the demographic data in the table and then upload it <br />with your application. Provide one copy per program that you are requesting <br />funding for. <br />Given the language, education, and cultural barriers, employment options for <br />refugees are limited to poorly compensated jobs in service industries. As a result, <br />refugee families often struggle to meet basic household needs, the majority in <br />Orange County being low income and food insecure. Those that do seek food <br />assistance struggle to access culturally appropriate foods is critical to a healthy <br />culturally rooted diet, adding to the burden of chronic disease in the refugee <br />community. <br />The Healthy Food Access Program meets immediate needs of the local refugee <br />community through traditional food distribution, while also addressing root <br />causes of food insecurity by increasing, for the long term, refugee farmers’ <br />capacity to grow produce—both for their own households and for others in the <br />community. The core goals of this program are to increase access to healthy, <br />culturally relevant food for refugee and immigrant families experiencing food <br />insecurity; boost refugee farmers’ capacity; and improve the overall physical, <br />financial, and mental health of the larger local refugee and immigrant community, <br />getting more produce into the homes of the local refugee community. <br />The Healthy Food Access program uses monetary donations from private and <br />public donors to purchase Southeast Asian produce grown by partner farmers <br />from TTCF. In partnership with local hunger relief organizations, such as PORCH <br />and the Refugee Support Center the produce is then distributed into the <br />community providing refugee families with culturally appropriate produce that <br />they know how to healthily prepare. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 1965B505-9714-4865-86DA-C1B1BD2AF858