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Increasing Senior Enrollment in 3SquaresVT
Almzayyen, Mohammed Dammann, Mark De Luca-Westrate, Javier Jeffries, William McLaren, Jeffrey Mujalli, Diana Patadji, Stell Romero, Melissa Smith-Dieng, Angela
Almzayyen, Mohammed
Dammann, Mark
De Luca-Westrate, Javier
Jeffries, William
McLaren, Jeffrey
Mujalli, Diana
Patadji, Stell
Romero, Melissa
Smith-Dieng, Angela
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Background: Hunger Free Vermont’s mission is to feed more Vermonters, teach the community about healthy food and nutrition and lead advocacy and education efforts to end hunger in Vermont. In Vermont 11.4% of all seniors are considered food insecure. To address this issue, Hunger Free Vermont has taken on the task of increasing enrollment in 3Squares Vermont, the state food stamps program. 68% of people in VT who are eligible for 3SqVT are enrolled. Surprisingly, only 29.2% of eligible seniors are enrolled. Our study focuses on the leaders of community organizations who impact seniors. Through focus groups we assessed their: - Knowledge of the 3SqV program - Knowledge of senior enrollment and food insecurity - Ideas about the barriers leading to low enrollment - Solutions
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2011-02-04