RCRC Toolbox Issue Brief: Food Security and Poverty: Executive Summary

• 2021

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This issue brief is about the food security challenges faced by Puerto Rico and North Carolina. It describes how existing problems made the damage worse, like power outages, communication breakdowns, and housing destruction. The report highlights human rights violations due to poor planning and response by authorities. It also talks about environmental issues, energy policies affecting low-income communities, and housing problems like homelessness and evictions.

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Focus Areas: Natural Disasters; Severe Weather

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Recovery; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child Welfare; Disaster Planning; Food Supply; North Carolina; Poverty; Puerto Rico; Policy; Nutrition Policy; Food Security; Emergency Shelter; Adverse Childhood Experiences

Institutions: Columbia Climate School National Center for Disaster Preparedness; Columbia University

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