A nonprofit is teaming up with health care providers, insurance companies and community-based organizations to give food-insecure households a prepaid debit card to buy fresh food this holiday season.
Food is a critical expense during the holidays, according to Josh Trautwein, CEO and c0-founder of About Fresh.
"You're not doing family dinners, you're definitely not doing cookouts, you're definitely not having dinners with neighbors, you're probably not having people over for the holidays if you're food insecure, because you can't afford it.”In 2018, About Fresh launched Fresh Connect, a produce prescription program that provides a stipend through a prepaid debit card for participants to purchase fresh food items at local grocery stores.
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