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TO Prosperity: Toronto Poverty Reduction Strategy

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address<br />

immediate needs<br />

8. RECOMMENDATION:<br />

Eliminate hunger<br />

8.2 Develop mechanisms that make it<br />

easy and cost-effective for public<br />

sector and community organizations<br />

to procure healthy food<br />

8.3 Expand provision of nutritious food in<br />

City-run and supported programs<br />

PRELIMINARY INDICA<strong>TO</strong>R:<br />

Household Food Security Survey<br />

Module, Canadian Community Health<br />

Survey: percentage of households<br />

who self-report uncertain, insufficient<br />

or inadequate food access, availability<br />

and intake due to limited financial<br />

resources<br />

2015–2018 TERM ACTION PLAN:<br />

8.1 Expand student nutrition programs<br />

in collaboration with school boards,<br />

community agencies and other orders<br />

of government<br />

1,040,000<br />

VISITS <strong>TO</strong> FOOD BANKS<br />

PER YEAR IN THE GTA<br />

38%<br />

INCREASE IN VISITS <strong>TO</strong><br />

FOOD BANKS IN THE INNER<br />

SUBURBS SINCE 2008

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