Wake County Tangelo Grocery Delivery Program

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 – a NACo Corporate Partner – 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 Tangelo’s 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.