CM Abreu on SNAP-Ed impacted populations and neighborhoods
Abreu asks what populations and CBOs would be most impacted. McNatt describes food-related programming at action centers including Get the Good Stuff, Groceries to Go, Health Bucks, and More Veggies programs available regardless of SNAP status.
What populations, neighborhoods, and community-based organizations would be most impacted if SNAP-Ed funding is not renewed or replaced?
I'm going to call up Dr.
McNatt to share a little bit more about the details on the specific neighborhoods.
Sounds great.
Thank you, Commissioner.
Thank you so much for the question.
You know, we are deeply concerned about access to SNAP-Ed and to SNAP benefits generally.
We know that often the hardest hit neighborhoods include, not solely, but include places like the South Bronx and East Harlem and Central Brooklyn.
We are investing in other aspects of food-related programming while we wait to understand the landscape.
And so in those three locations, we have action centers that make food-related programming available, both for folks who have SNAP and folks who don't have SNAP.
And so that includes programming like Get the Good Stuff and Groceries to Go and Help Bucks and the More Veggies program and the Food Voucher program.
And so we are heavily focused on food affordability and food security in the city, but understand the concern that you shared.
Thank you so much.
Thank you all for your service.
Great, and we've been joined by Councilmember Mealy, and then I'll go ahead to Councilmember Narcisse, followed by Councilmember Wong.