This goal of this project was to explore the potential barriers experienced by Grinnell residents when accessing food assistance resources.
creator
Grout, Tasman
creator
Semlow, Andrea
creator
Neems, Sophie
Title
Food Assistance resource Usage in Grinnell, Iowa
advisor
Roper, Jackson Montgomery, 1969-
supporting host
Grinnell College. Anthropology Department.
Index Date
2016
Date Created
2016-01-28
Publisher
Grinnell College
Type of Resource
text
Genre
research paper
Digital Origin
reformated digital
Digital Extent
27 pages
Media Type
application/pdf
description
This goal of this project was to explore the potential barriers experienced by Grinnell residents when accessing food assistance resources. This project was completed by a student research group on behalf of Mid-Iowa Community Action Inc. (MICA) in Grinnell Iowa due to MICA’s concern that Grinnell residents are not utilizing the food assistance resources in Grinnell to their fullest potential. Although Grinnell families may utilize resources beyond the city of Grinnell, due to time constraints, the researchers limited the scope of the project to just those to questioning that lie within Grinnell’s city limits. Researchers identified the following as the primary food assistance resources for Grinnell residents: MICA, Food Recovery Network (FRN), Giving Gardens (Gardens), Community Meal, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (federal food stamps, or SNAP), Bountiful Baskets, Grinnell FoodShare, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). They then examined the following questions regarding these resources: (1) which food assistance resources in Grinnell are food insecure families utilizing, and which are they not utilizing? And, (2) why are food insecure individuals choosing to utilize certain resources and not others?
Language
English
Topic
Public welfare.
Topic
Food security.
Topic
Food relief.
Topic
Food banks.
Geographic
Grinnell (Iowa)
Temporal
Two thousand tens
Related Item
Digital Grinnell
Related Item
Student Scholarship
Identifier (local)
grinnell:12981
Access Condition
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