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Overview
Target Behavior: Food Insecurity/Food Assistance
Intervention Type: PSE Change
Intervention Reach and Adoption
Setting: Community, Farmers Market
Target Audience: Pregnant/Breastfeeding Women, Parents/Mothers/Fathers, Adults, Older Adults, Homeless/Food Pantry Clients
Race/Ethnicity: All
Intervention Components
Intervention Materials
- Baseline and follow-up assessments
- Market manager interview and community food survey
- A resource guide
- Training for market staff and volunteers
- Action planning template
- Promotional materials
Intervention Costs
Evidence Summary
Using the Toolkit, Extension professionals in New Hanover County, North Carolina worked with the Wilmington Farmers Market at Tidal Creek to help address food insecurity by applying for SNAP/EBT (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) acceptance and the use of Fresh Bucks. Fresh Bucks is a program, supported through RAFI-USA funding, that allows SNAP shoppers to double their dollars at the market in order to buy more healthy, nutritious food for their families. Since the market started offering Fresh Bucks and SNAP/EBT in May 2019, it has doubled more than 500 SNAP customers’ purchases which resulted in significant additional sales for vendors.
Evidence-based Approach: Emerging
Evaluation Indicators
Readiness and Capacity – Short Term (ST) | Changes – Medium Term (MT) | Effectiveness and Maintenance – Long Term (LT) | Population Results (R) | |
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Individual | ||||
Environmental Settings | ST5 | MT5 | LT5, LT9, LT10 | |
Sectors of Influence |
- ST5: Completed needs assessments and documented readiness for changes in PSE
- MT5: Successful implementation of PSE changes
- LT5: Multi-level interventions including direct education, community involvement, and policy implementation
- LT9: Increased in-kind resources (staff, volunteers, grant funding)
- LT10: Developed sustainability assessments with action planning tools
Evaluation Materials
Additional Information
Contact Person(s):
Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Email: Lhaynes-maslow@ncsu.edu
Phone: 919-515-9125