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    In which borough should your idea take place? 
    Queens
    Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?
    South and Central Bronx
    Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.
    Youth
    Justice impacted individuals
    Limited English proficient individuals
    Veterans
    Low income individuals
    Black, Indigenous, and POC
    Older adults
    Unemployed individuals
    LGBTQ+ community
    Immigrants and/or migrants
    People with disabilities
    Low-income working people
    Describe the challenge you want to address:
    The Bronx is one of the hungriest counties in the United States, causing a devastating impact on public health. According to USDA data analyzed by Hunger Free New York City (a division of Hunger Free America), from 2019-2021, 22.7% of Bronx residents overall (including 28.7% of children and 16.9% of working adults) lived in food insecure households, unable to afford enough food. That means that more than one in four Bronx children live in homes that struggle against hunger. The Bronx’s median annual household income is $42,000, 34% less than the national average. The poverty rate is 24%, more than double the national average. The inability of so many Bronx residents to afford healthy food is one of the top reasons that fully 29% of Bronx residents report that they are in poor or fair health. Bronxites have high rates of chronic diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease (including asthma/COPD), and obesity, as well as cancer. Bronx county leads the state in the percentage of premature deaths of people under age 65. The county has long been ranked 62nd of 62 NY State counties across multiple health indicators.
    Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:
    The most cost effective way, by far, to significantly slash hunger and reduce diet-related diseases in the Bronx is to enable struggling families to afford healthier food by increasing their participation in greatly underutilized, federally-funded, nutrition assistance programs such as SNAP (formerly called food stamps), WIC (for pregnant women and children under five), and the School Breakfast Program. Because of application and participation barriers, large numbers of Bronxites suffering from food hardship who are legally eligible for these benefits are unable to access them. Not only does such program under-participation increase hunger – and make it harder for children to learn, low-income workers to stay employed, and seniors to stay independent – it deprives Bronx food retailers and farmers markets of tens of millions of dollars of vital income. Hunger Free New York City’s multilingual staff has a proven track record of helping struggling families and individuals overcome those barriers by pre-screening them for eligibility and then walking them through every step of the application process. For every local dollar Hunger Free New York City spends on SNAP access work, they help low-income New Yorkers access $60 of federal-funded food to fill their grocery carts. Yet, because of limited funding, Hunger Free NYC is only able to serve a small fraction of the Bronxites who need this help. Our idea is to increase funding for such benefits access efforts in the Bronx to slash hunger and boost public health.
    Write the zipcode that best represents your New York City community:
    10451
    "]
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    In which borough should your idea take place? 
    Queens
    Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?
    South and Central Bronx
    Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.
    Youth
    Justice impacted individuals
    Limited English proficient individuals
    Veterans
    Low income individuals
    Black, Indigenous, and POC
    Older adults
    Unemployed individuals
    LGBTQ+ community
    Immigrants and/or migrants
    People with disabilities
    Low-income working people
    Describe the challenge you want to address:
    The Bronx is one of the hungriest counties in the United States, causing a devastating impact on public health. According to USDA data analyzed by Hunger Free New York City (a division of Hunger Free America), from 2019-2021, 22.7% of Bronx residents overall (including 28.7% of children and 16.9% of working adults) lived in food insecure households, unable to afford enough food. That means that more than one in four Bronx children live in homes that struggle against hunger. The Bronx’s median annual household income is $42,000, 34% less than the national average. The poverty rate is 24%, more than double the national average. The inability of so many Bronx residents to afford healthy food is one of the top reasons that fully 29% of Bronx residents report that they are in poor or fair health. Bronxites have high rates of chronic diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease (including asthma/COPD), and obesity, as well as cancer. Bronx county leads the state in the percentage of premature deaths of people under age 65. The county has long been ranked 62nd of 62 NY State counties across multiple health indicators.
    Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:
    The most cost effective way, by far, to significantly slash hunger and reduce diet-related diseases in the Bronx is to enable struggling families to afford healthier food by increasing their participation in greatly underutilized, federally-funded, nutrition assistance programs such as SNAP (formerly called food stamps), WIC (for pregnant women and children under five), and the School Breakfast Program. Because of application and participation barriers, large numbers of Bronxites suffering from food hardship who are legally eligible for these benefits are unable to access them. Not only does such program under-participation increase hunger – and make it harder for children to learn, low-income workers to stay employed, and seniors to stay independent – it deprives Bronx food retailers and farmers markets of tens of millions of dollars of vital income. Hunger Free New York City’s multilingual staff has a proven track record of helping struggling families and individuals overcome those barriers by pre-screening them for eligibility and then walking them through every step of the application process. For every local dollar Hunger Free New York City spends on SNAP access work, they help low-income New Yorkers access $60 of federal-funded food to fill their grocery carts. Yet, because of limited funding, Hunger Free NYC is only able to serve a small fraction of the Bronxites who need this help. Our idea is to increase funding for such benefits access efforts in the Bronx to slash hunger and boost public health.
    Write the zipcode that best represents your New York City community:
    10451
    "]
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