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Nemours Children’s Health
Nemours Children’s Health published a social determinants of health playbook, which aims to improve providers’ ability to effectively screen patients and connect them to social services. The tool allows providers to integrate hunger screening into routine and acute care of patients.
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In just three years, Dion’s Chicago Dream is coming true. This organization, which was created in 2020 to bring fresh produce to those experiencing food insecurity in the Chicago area, started out providing 80 to 90 lbs a week to a single community refrigerator on Chicago’s south side. Today, this staff is delivering more than 55,000 lbs of fresh, healthy produce to 42 out of 77 neighborhoods in Chicago every month.
Continue ReadingTyson Foods invested more than $1 million in the Feeding America Network to increase the types of packaging food banks can take. Tyson reported their investment increased packaged donations from 19 million pounds in FY22 to 34 million pounds in FY23.
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