Wake County Tangelo Grocery Delivery Program
2023 NACo Achievement Award Winner
Wake County, N.C., NC
Best In Category
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About the Program
Category: Health (Best in Category)
Year: 2023
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wake County was faced with a growing food insecure population. The pandemic also placed unprecedented strains and restraints on critical county resources at a time when our services were needed most. Through a strategic partnership with Tangelo â a NACo Corporate Partner â Wake County was able to deliver healthy, locally-sourced and culturally relevant food directly to the doorstep of food-insecure and transportation-limited households across the county. Additionally, Wake County was able to leverage Tangeloâs technology platform to directly connect households to critical programs and services including COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites. Through Tangelo food delivery pilot program, Wake County was able to simultaneously meet the immediate nutritional needs of resource-limited households, strengthen the market for local farmers/producers and utilize real-time data to better understand and address social determinants of health.