questions and comments brief commentary tammy leonard
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What we did Observed a puzzle: low income people eating very healthy, but reporting to shop at convenience stores. What was missing? Non-profit food providers Partnered with NTFB to identify non-profit providers and developed new survey questions to understand food acquisition from both commercial and non-profit sourcesTRANSCRIPT
Questions and CommentsBrief Commentary
Tammy Leonard
North Texas Food Bank Hunger Center Partnership
An example of leveraging our joint expertise.
What we did•Observed a puzzle: low income people eating
very healthy, but reporting to shop at convenience stores.
•What was missing? Non-profit food providers
•Partnered with NTFB to identify non-profit providers and developed new survey questions to understand food acquisition from both commercial and non-profit sources
Charitable Food Providers• 38 Charitable Food Providers serving the Fair
Park Neighborhood• 33.5% of respondents received food from at
least one pantry in the last 6 months
33.33%
28.21%
38.46%
Frequency of Visits
At Least 10 Visits
5-9 Visits
Less Than 5 Visits
Charitable Food Providers• 65% of those who received food from a charitable
food source within the last 6 months visited:▫Community Baptist Church▫Child Care Group MLK▫Peoples Missionary Baptist Church▫Cornerstone Baptist Church▫Good Street Baptist Church▫Exline Park▫Mt. Olive Lutheran Church▫St. Luke United Methodist Church▫Dallas Bethlehem Center▫YMCA
NTFB Membe
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Some Considerations…•What’s next:
▫ How do the results inform what is being done locally?
•How can we leverage our joint expertise to inform..▫New questions?▫Better interpretation of current results?▫New solutions coupled with robust
analysis?