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PAGE 45 <br />which does a great job in providing support to <br />nonprofits, trainings with their speaker series, and <br />now even meeting places or space. So I think that <br />that organization is a real strength for all of us in <br />the valley.” <br />Nonprofit participants also discussed several <br />collaborations including those between food banks <br />and faith-based organizations to mitigate food <br />insecurity in the Tri-Valley: <br />“People trust the organizations… CityServe mainly <br />is the one that’s most accessible to members in <br />the community… There’s also the Axis Community <br />Health clinic here that is accessible, and it’s easy <br />for the patients because [there are] different <br />locations…There’s also Open Heart Kitchen. And <br />they are able to obtain hot meals as well. And <br />there’s also the churches in the grand station like <br />St. Vincent DePaul, and other community services <br />that provide …showers and…laundry as well.” <br />Food security and services. As illustrated above, <br />participants spoke at length about the number of <br />nonprofit and faith-based resources that are working <br />to ensure Tri-Valley community members have <br />adequate food. This is critical because in a 2022 <br />John Muir Health Needs Assessment key informants <br />indicated that food insecurity was increasing in <br />the Tri-Valley area, particularly among the Asian <br />community in Pleasanton.9 Table 15 shows that at a <br />municipal level, a large proportion of the population <br />is considered to have low access to healthy food <br />within half-a-mile, considered the upper limit of <br />“walkable.” The 1-mile distance (also in Table 15) <br />shows that in the Tri-Valley, there are a significant <br />number of people who have very low access to <br />healthy food. Additionally, the high rates of vehicle <br />access throughout the Tri-Valley (Table 24) suggest <br />that almost all people living there are able to access <br />healthy food at a one-mile distance. Figure 37 depicts <br />the location of households receiving food assistance <br />(SNAP/EBT) in the Tri-Valley. Census block groups in <br />downtown Livermore stand out as having particularly <br />high proportions and counts of households receiving <br />food assistance as compared to most other areas in <br />the community. <br />Percent of Households <br />Receiving SNAP/EBT <br />Figure 37. Percent of Households Receiving SNAP/EBT <br />Sources: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year 2017-2021 <br />EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES NEEDS ASSESSMENTSS Page 103 of 554