Table 2.
Frequency and characteristics of nurturing care assets by food security needs across five under-resourced zip codes
| Food Insecurity Index (FII)* | High Food Insecurity | Moderate Food Insecurity | Traveling Services (n) |
Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zip Codes | 89,101 | 89,106 | 89,030 | 89,031 | 89,032 | |||
| Total Nurturing Care Assets | 76 | 70 | 75 | 40 | 62 | 31 | 353 | 100 |
| Good Health | 6 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 13.6 |
| Hospital/Urgent Care | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 22.9 |
| Medical Clinic | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 4 | - | 13 | 27.1 |
| Mental Health Center | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4.2 |
| Nonprofit Health Organizations | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.1 |
| Outreach Clinic | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2.1 |
| Pediatric Health Clinic | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | 14.6 |
| Women’s Health Care | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 25.0 |
| Adequate Nutrition | 63 | 37 | 52 | 23 | 43 | - | 218 | 61.8 |
| Community Garden | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 20 | 9.2 |
| Convenience Store | 23 | 12 | 27 | 10 | 24 | - | 96 | 44.0 |
| Farmer’s Market | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1.8 |
| Food Distribution** | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | 6.4 |
| Food Pantry | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 33 | 15.1 |
| Grocery Store | 12 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | - | 33 | 15.1 |
| Food Assistance Program (WIC) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 18 | 8.3 |
| Security & Safety | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | - | 30 | 8.5 |
| Church | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | - | 20 | 66.7 |
| Community Center | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3.3 |
| Library | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 13.3 |
| Police Station | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3.3 |
| Public Park | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 13.3 |
| Opportunities for Early Learning | 2 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 8.8 |
| Childcare Financial Support | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3.22 |
| Daycare & Preschool | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 4 | - | 25 | 80.7 |
| Nonprofit Education Program | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16.1 |
| Responsive Caregiving | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 26 | 7.4 |
| Doula | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | 50.0 |
| Doula/Lactation Specialist | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 26.9 |
| Home Visiting Program | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7.7 |
| Lactation Specialist | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 15.4 |
*Intensity of food insecurity needs was measured by the Food Insecurity Index by the Conduent Healthy Communities Institute available from: https://help.healthycities.org/hc/en-us/articles/1500001872902-What-is-the-Food-Insecurity-Index-ranking-and-how-is-it-determined-
**Food distribution refers to services that distribute food items by processes different than a food pantry (i.e. mobile food distribution and pop-up distribution)