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Lake County Healthy Food Access Community Assessment and Report Lake County Healthy Food Access Community Assessment and Report Submitted to: Emily Olsen and Katie Baldassar Lake County Build a Generation March 2019 For more information, please contact: Eden Griffin, PhD egriffin@omni.org (303) 839-9422 ext. 154 Acknowledgements The OMNI Institute wishes to thank Lake County Food Access Coalition, The Lake County Public Health Agency and Lake County Build a Generation for their partnership and funding of this assessment. OMNI Contributors Eden Griffin, Ona Crow, Paola Molina, Ivonne Parra, Cindy Vigil, Holen Hirsh, Jean Denious Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................1 Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................7 The Food Environment in Lake County ..........................................................................................................7 Food Retail ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 Community Meals, Food Pantries and Food Bank...................................................................................... 8 Primary Food-Focused Agencies ..................................................................................................................... 8 Methods ..............................................................................................................................................................9 Key Findings ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 Lake County’s Food System ........................................................................................................................... 10 Key Organizations in the Food System ................................................................................................... 10 Strengths of Lake County's Food System ............................................................................................... 11 Weaknesses of Lake County's Food System ......................................................................................... 13 Populations that are Underutilizing Resources ...................................................................................... 15 SNAP Program in Lake County ...................................................................................................................... 17 Strengths of the SNAP Program in Lake County .................................................................................. 17 Weaknesses of the SNAP Program in Lake County ............................................................................. 19 Access to Healthy Food in Lake County ..................................................................................................... 27 What is Working about Accessing Healthy Food for Community Members ................................ 27 What are the Challenges and Barriers to Accessing Healthy Food for Community Members 28 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................................... 32 Broader Food System ....................................................................................................................................... 32 SNAP Program ................................................................................................................................................... 34 Cloud City Farm ................................................................................................................................................. 36 Food Access Coalition ...................................................................................................................................... 37 Next Steps ........................................................................................................................................................ 38 Appendix A: Additional Community Resources .......................................................................................... 39 Appendix B: Bright Spots ............................................................................................................................... 41 SNAP ..................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Fresh Food Access ............................................................................................................................................ 42 Latinx Outreach ................................................................................................................................................. 44 Food Coalition .................................................................................................................................................... 44 Appendix C: Participant Demographics ....................................................................................................... 45 Appendix D: Assessment Methods and Limitations ................................................................................... 47 Organizational Representative Key Informant Interview Guide ............................................................ 49 Focus Group Guides ......................................................................................................................................... 52 Community Survey Instrument (English) ..................................................................................................... 60 Community Survey Instrument (Spanish) .................................................................................................... 77
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