OUR BASIC NEEDS ARE MET
Essential resources—like housing, food, and healthcare—are available, affordable, and easy to access so everyone can live with stability and dignity.
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Partner Action Plans
The list below represent specific action plans being taken by organizations, agencies, and groups in the Jackson County community to root out barriers that are holding inequitable outcomes in place.
Lead Contact
Organization
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Just putting things here to see
Again, just doing this
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Making this one a longer thing so I can make sure that the wrap is working. So I'll make sure to write extra long setances so that it can wrap and see what happens when I make the it super long cause I know a bunch of people are going to want to brag.
Issue/Need:
Community Connections
Lead Contact
Organization
Increase availability of healthy affordable foods
People report struggling to have access to healthy food and being able to afford groceries
County Health Rankings data rated Jackson County 7.2 (out of 10) for healthiness of community environment
Only 44% of residents positively rate affordability of food (National Community Survey)
24% of kids receive SNAP (Kids Count 2023/2024)
48% of children up to age 4 receive WIC benefits
Issue/Need:
Community Connections