In June 2022, Wake County Cooperative Extension began the process of updating the 2018 Wake County Comprehensive Food Security Plan. The desire among partners and community leaders was to identify key leverage points for investment that would improve the quality and quantity of food available to food insecure clients across the country. 

Root causes of issues of hunger, health equity, food system resilience, and community driven decision making were the focal points of the process. Covid-19 presented several challenges to the update of the plan and the delay of the project; however, it also generated funding opportunities and increased awareness of systematic health inequities, unmet need, and gaps in existing service models. 

To learn more of the series of strategies and funding requests you can read the plan here. It is the intention to leverage American Rescue Plan Funding to build capacity of local programs and partners and assess the sustainability of health equity models for consistent count investment beyond 2026.

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In 2015, the Wake County Board of Commissioners, with guidance from the Wake County Food Security Working Group, funded the creation of a food security plan to outline recommendations on policy, partnerships, and activities to establish a pathway to comprehensive food security  in Wake County. The planning process was led by Raleigh-based Community Food Lab, with significant community input and a strong commitment of time and expertise from CAFN’s Food Access Circle. “Moving Beyond Hunger: A Comprehensive Food Security Strategy and Action Plan” was launched August 2017.

CAFN has become the lead organization in tracking and implementing this plan, which has become a driving framework for action throughout CAFN. At the end of three years, in August 2020, CAFN and its partners will evaluate the work being done as a result of this plan and revise and re-issue the food security plan based on the specific needs in Wake County at that time.