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Description
City of Charleston Healtha and Wellness Advisory Monthly Meeting 6/1/2022
B
B
A
good
long
weekend,
of
course,
a
weekend
where
we
express
our
gratitude
for
those
who
gave
their
lives
for
our
freedom,
and
this
week
is
of
course,
the
first
week
of
june.
So
some
people
refer
to
that
as
the
unofficial
start
of
summer
and
as
john
mayer
saying
a
little
bit
of
summer
is
what
the
whole
year
is
all
about.
I'm
looking
forward
to
it.
I
hope
you
are
too
so
I'd
like
to
move
to
approve
the
minutes
for
the
month
of
may.
Can
I
get
a
motion
for
that?
B
Please
we're
gonna
defer
those!
Oh
that's
right!
I'm
sorry
paul!
I
jumped
right
in.
I
apologize!
That's
right!
So
we're
gonna
defer
those
so
we'll
jump
right
into
our
community.
Highlight
we've
got
nick
osborne
with
low
country
food
bank
and
he
also
has
alicia
jose
haza,
I'm
so
with
us,
and
so
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
nick.
Now,
if
you
would
nick
thank
you.
D
D
E
D
It
can
be
someone
that
that
is
fully
employed,
but
but
is
employed
on
minimum
wage,
but
has
huge
amounts
of
stress
on
their
lives
in
terms
of
things
like
child
care
and
is
struggling
to
make
ends
meet
and
therefore
need
support
in
terms
of
food.
It
could
be
someone
that
has
faced
a
medical
problem,
a
shock
or
a
stress
or
an
unexpected
expenditure
in
their
lives
and
therefore
has
to
rely
on
support
at
a
certain
point
in
time.
D
So,
as
I
said,
hunger
and
food
insecurity
can
impact
and
affect
any
of
us
at
any
time,
and
I
think,
obviously,
as
we
all
know,
having
gone
through
the
covert
pandemic,
we've
seen
the
the
the
incredible
uptake
in
terms
of
those
that
have
needed
support.
Certainly
in
some
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing.
Some
of
the
survey
work
that
we
did
during
the
pandemic.
We
found
that
50
of
people
that
were
seeking
assistance
at
our
drive-through
distributions
were
first-time
recipients
of
of
food.
D
D
D
So
a
little
bit
about
the
low
country,
food
bank
and
I'm
sure
many
of
you
are
already
very
much
aware
of
this.
But
we
work
across
the
10
coastal
counties
of
south
carolina
from
horry
county
right
down
to
jasper
and
hampton
and
of
course,
those
coastal
counties
vary
significantly
in
terms
of
issues
associated
with
with
hunger
and
food
insecurity
and
as
a
result
of
that,
a
lot
of
the
work
that
we
do
is
very
much
adapting
to
those
different
contexts.
D
We
have
three
three
guiding
principles
that
support
the
work
that
we
do.
Obviously
we
are
looking
to
we
a
lot
of
our
one
of
our
principles
is
obviously
the
feed
is
still
to
feed
those
communities
and
those
neighbors
that
are
hungry
and
food
insecure,
but
importantly,
and
these
three
guiding
principles.
I
look
at
these
three
guiding
principles
as
principles
that
don't
sit
in
isolation.
They
work
together
and
are
very
supportive
of
each
other.
D
So
whilst
we
are
seeking
to
feed
and
support
neighbors
that
are
hungry
and
food
insecure
we're
also
at
the
same
time
using
the
knowledge
and
the
experience
that
we
and
our
partners
have
to
advocate
for
those
in
need
of
food
and
who
find
themselves
hungry
and
food
insecure.
We
don't
do
that
alone.
We
do
that
in
partnership
and
in
collaboration
with
others
at
various
levels,
whether
that
be
at
the
local
level,
the
state
level
or
also
at
the
national
level
as
well.
D
Then
importantly,
the
third
principle
is
one
of
empowering
we're
seeking
to
empower
our
communities
and
the
neighbors
that
need
support
again
in
partnership
with
others.
In
order
for
those
those
neighbors
who
are
facing
issues
and
problems
with
food
insecurity
to
be
able
to
to
get
back
into
a
sense
of
sustainability,
build
resilience
and
to
be
able
to
address
their
hunger
and
food
insecurity
needs
in
the
future.
And
a
lot
of
that
is
focusing
around
awareness
and
training
and
support
around
the
nutritional
elements
of
hunger
and
food
insecurity.
D
D
It's
a
very
it
it's
we
often
find
it
quite.
I
certainly
find
it
quite
challenging
trying
to
explain
the
extent
the
the
depth
and
breadth
of
everything
that
we
do
so
this
this
this
diagram
here
is
is
an
attempt
to
try
and
boil
it
down
into
into
as
simple
form
as
possible
in
terms
of
explaining
the
the
way
that
we
work,
both
in
terms
of
of
the
sources
of
support
that
we
receive
both
in
terms
of
food,
but
also
other
funding
that
we
receive
as
well.
D
So
you
can
see
on
the
left
hand
side
here,
we
receive
support
from
a
number
of
different
sources.
So
importantly,
we
we
do
receive
a
significant
amount
of
food
from
retail.
I
think
approximately
around
about
30
percent
of
the
food
that
we
receive
comes
from
from
the
retail
stores
from
the
walmarts
from
from
the
harris
teeters,
the
publix
we
receive
food.
Obviously
we
receive
support
from
the
government,
both
in
terms
of
food
and
funding
as
well.
D
We
we
have
food
drives.
We
get
some
support
from
manufacturers,
probably
less
so,
for
manufacturers
than
many
other
food
banks
do
because
of
the
area
that
we
are
in
here
in
the
coastal
area
of
south
carolina.
So
we
we
don't
have
such
high
level
of
access
to
manufacturers,
as
perhaps
some
other
food
banks
have
that
are
more
more
centrally
located
and,
of
course,
we
receive
quite
a
significant
amount
of
our
our
revenue
through
a
variety
of
different
donations,
whether
that
be
from
the
general
public,
whether
that
be
from
foundations,
corporates.
D
D
We
work
in
partnership
with
around
about
255
food
pantries
across
our
ten
county
area
and
those
255
food
pantries,
probably
distribute
somewhere
in
the
region
of
about
90
percent
of
the
food
that
we
receive.
So
it's
an
enormous
amount
of
of
food
and
support
to
communities
and
neighbors
being
provided
by
food
pantries.
So
a
lot
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
is
is
about
building
capacity,
looking
at
how
we
can
improve
the
the
infrastructure
and
support
that
those
food
pantries
are
providing.
D
D
A
lot
of
our
work
is
is
through
school
programs.
We
have
a
lot
of
different
school
programs
working
in
close
coordination
with
with
the
schools,
in
terms
of
especially
with
a
lot
of
our
nutrition
programs,
but
also
in
terms
of
school
markets
and
school
pantries
as
well.
We
do
a
lot
of
on-site
meal
programs
as
well.
D
How
can
we
then
support
them
with
emergency
support,
but
also
then
connecting
them
with
with
nearby
pantries,
where
they
can
get
more
sustained
and
longer
term
food
support
so
that
they
are
able
to
move
from
being
food
insecure
to
becoming
healthy
and
more
productive,
because
very
often,
if
someone
is
seeking
health
and
is
in
in
is
in
need
of
health,
that
can
very
often
be
as
a
last
resort.
So
it's
really
important
that
we
we're
able
to
identify
and
target
those
neighbors
that
find
themselves
in
those
situations.
D
So
that's
an
attempt
to
trying
to
explain
in
a
very
quick
and
high
level
way
a
lot
of
the
work
we
do,
and
I
know
I've
missed
quite
a
bit
out
of
there,
because
we
have
a
variety
of
different
programs
under
each
of
these,
and
especially
with
our
school,
our
children.
So
our
backpack
buddies
programs,
for
example
our
kids
cafe
our
summer
meals,
for
example-
there's
a
whole
range
of
of
of
approaches
that
we
do.
D
D
Here
is
just
a
high
level
snapshot
of
our
impact
in
2021,
so
we
distributed
a
total
of
40.7
million
pounds
of
food.
I
don't
know
about
others
on
the
core,
but
often
when
I
see
figures
like
that,
it
leaves
me
a
bit
bit
confused,
because
what
does
40.7
million
pounds
of
food
look
like.
So
I
tried
to
sort
of
work
this
out
this
morning
and
if
you
can
imagine
a
line
of
trucks
backed
backed
up
again
they're
behind
each
other.
That
would
be
a
line
of
trucks
that
stretches
back
16
16
miles.
D
As
you
see
here,
a
large
proportion,
so
36.36
of
the
total
distribution
is
fresh
produce,
and
this
is
an
initial.
This
is
something
that
we
have
focused
on
as
a
major
strategy
for
us
over
the
last
few
years
to
really
increase
the
amount
of
fresh
produce
that
we're
able
to
both
source,
but
also
be
able
to
put
into
the
the
houses
of
our
neighbors
in
need
because
of
the
importance
the
nutritional
value
of
fresh
produce,
so
we're
on
on
an
annual
basis.
D
Importantly
as
well,
given
the
sourcing
of
food
and
where
we're
able
to
source
food
that
would
have
in
in
many
cases
be
food
that
would,
if,
if
we're
not
able
to
rescue
that,
which
is
food,
that
is
con
still
con
very
much
available
to
be
able
to
be
to
provide
it
to
neighbors
in
need.
If
we
weren't
being
able
to
take
that
and
source
that
and
provide
them
and
distribute
that
would
have
otherwise
been
food.
D
That
may
well
have
gone
to
waste
and
ended
up
in
in
various
dumps
so
that
that's
equivalent
to
about
15.3
million
pounds.
So
again,
you
could
also
look
at
that
from
an
environmental
context
as
well
and
and
the
rescuing
of
that
food
that
otherwise
would
have
been
ended
up
in
in
a
in
as
waste
96
of
of
any
of
the
funding
that
we
receive
goes
directly
into
our
programs
and
services
and
that
that's
a
key
metric
that
we
use
to
monitor
the
efficiency
and
the
effectiveness
of
the
programming
that
we
do.
D
So
all
of
that
being
said,
how
do
we
achieve
our
impact
and
as
a
coming
back
now
to
the
the
role
and
the
importance
of
data,
and
especially
in
the
last
couple
of
years
and
since
2020,
where
we
introduced
gis
mapping
technology
into
into
the
work
that
we
do?
That
has
been
able
to
develop
and
evolve
our
ability
to
both
identify
the
needs
and
to
develop
appropriate
responses
in
a
variety
of
different
ways.
D
And
we
are
continuing
to
invest
in
the
use
of
data
and
gis
technology
to
to
continue
improve
the
efficiency
and
the
effectiveness
of
the
work
that
we
do
so.
And
I
think
we've
all
heard
this
before
in
some
of
the
other
presentations
that
we've
heard
over
over
recent
months
around
around
the
use
of
mapping.
But
obviously
it
helps
us
be
more
effective
in
our
ability
to
identify
gaps
in
access
to
food.
But
also,
then
helps
us
target
those
priority
areas
of
greatest
need
across
those
10
coastal
counties.
D
Where
we
work,
which
again
is
going
to
change
from
from
time
to
time
as
well.
So
it
enables
us
to
to
track
the
trends
to
monitor
those
trends.
Over
time
and
to
be
able
to
respond
to
those
trends
in
a
very
proactive
rather
than
reactive
way,
which
feeds
into
a
lot
of
the
decision
making
that
we
we
make,
it
also
enables
us
to
set
some
equitable
targets
and
establish
accountability
for
those
levels
of
service
that
we're
providing
across
counties.
D
Again.
This
is
all
being
informed
by
data
and
our
ability
to
map
and
see
the
picture
of
of
need
across
our
our
service
area.
So
I'm
going
to
stop
there,
so
I
probably
went
on
a
bit
longer
than
I
should
have
done.
But
I'm
going
to
hand
over
now
to
alicia
to
give
now
a
bit
of
context
and
show
to
you
how
we're
using
the
gis
mapping
and
how
this
all
comes
together
and
bring
it
to
bring
it
to
life.
A
bit.
E
E
I
can
just
toggle
that
one
on
by
itself,
these
are
our
three
facilities.
Our
biggest
facility
is
in
charleston,
it's
about
60
000
square
feet
up
in
myrtle
beach.
We
have
a
relatively
new
facility,
that's
about
a
third
of
that
size,
and
then
we
have
a
much
smaller
facility
down
in
the
embassy
area
that
services
our
southern
partners
again
here
are
the
other
partnerships
that
we
have
so
the
little
dark,
blue
and
teal
colored
grocery
carts
are
representative
of
all
of
our
food
pantries.
E
E
Some
of
them
might
be
libraries
that
we've
partnered,
with
so
kind
of
a
catch-all
for
community-based
partnerships
and
the
little
green
graduation
caps
are
schools
that
we
partner
with
specifically
so
not
every
school
in
our
service
area,
of
course,
high
in
the
sky,
but
all
of
the
schools
that
we
have
current
partnerships
with
that
could
be
providing
after
school
meal
service.
It
could
be
doing
backpack,
buddies
or
school
pantry
or
school
market,
or
they
might
also
host
one
of
our
mobile
pop-up
distributions
that
we
do
across
the
communities
that
we
serve.
E
I'm
going
to
pull
this
one
next,
so
these
little
cute
red
low
country,
food
bank
trucks
represent
all
the
places
where
we
do
direct
to
client
distribution.
So
again,
this
was
all
the
locations
that
we've
been
to
in
the
past
year,
and
this
is
where
our
trucks,
our
trucks,
pull
up,
and
we
do
that.
Farmers,
market
style
distribution
for
the
community
open
to
any
and
everyone
who
might
need
services.
E
We
really
try
to
target
these
distributions
in
areas
where
we
either
don't
have
strong
pantry
representation
or
pantries
might
have
limited
hours
in
some
of
those
communities,
particularly
in
our
rural
areas.
We
have
some
some
pantries
that
might
have
wonderful
distributions,
but
only
do
it
once
a
month,
so
we
try
to
come
in
and
fill
some
of
that
gap
as
best
as
we
can
with
the
resources
we
have
available.
E
Of
my
favorite
layers
that
we
use
to
help
it's
going
to
take
a
second
to
load
here,
but
to
help
us
to
visualize
the
kind
of
ease
of
accessibility
that
our
neighbors
have
is
doing
a
drive
time
analysis.
This
is
a
really
wonderful
tool
that
arcgis
allows
us
to
employ
drop
down.
The
key
over
here
is
not
the
greatest
kind
of
hard
on
the
left.
E
You
see
the
color
differentiation,
but
if
you
look
at
the
map
itself
anywhere,
that's
in
these
I'll
zoom
in
a
little
bit
to
charleston
county
here
anywhere
in
the
darker
fuchsia
color,
if
you
will
is
within
a
five-minute
drive
time
to
a
food
pantry.
So
anyone
that
lives
in
that
darkest
color
is
five
minutes
or
less
to
their
closest
food
pantry,
as
it
moves
out
to
kind
of
that
medium
shade.
E
That
would
be
a
10
minute
drive
time
and
then
the
lightest
shade
of
pink,
is
20
minutes
so
again,
zooming
out
looking
at
our
whole
service
area,
we've
got
some
really
substantial
coverage
and
that's
what
we
want
to
see.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
filling
those
gaps
closing
those
gaps
as
best
as
we
can.
E
There
are
some
areas
that
people
point
out,
like
this
kind
of
large,
looking
hole
that
you
might
see.
That's
actually
the
ace
basin,
so
there's
not
a
lot
of
folks
living
in
that
area.
So
there
are
some
geographic
nuances
that
we
try
to
take
into
account
when
we're
when
we're
using
the
mapping
tools
as
well.
E
E
It's
lagging
a
little
bit
right
now,
where's
my
county
lines
come
on
there
we
go
and
then
we're
also
able
to
overlay
information
that
we
get
from
different
organizations,
whether
it
might
be
the
usda
feeding.
America
has
a
research
team
that
does
a
lot
of
data
computation
around
food
insecurity,
especially
throughout
the
pandemic.
So
we're
able
to
take
that
information
as
well
to
really
have
a
better
understanding
of
what
food
insecurity
looks
like
overall
across
our
service
area.
So
this
layer
here
is
our
food,
insecure
population.
E
The
key
is
over
here
on
the
left
hand,
side.
So
the
closer
we
move
towards
that
darkest
red
the
higher
the
population
in
that
census
tract.
Forgive
me
I
didn't
mention
this
is
all
broken
down
by
census,
tracts
which,
in
the
past
two
years,
is
something
relatively
new
that
we've
been
able
to
do
to
really
look
a
little
bit
closer
at
the
community
level.
E
And
this
one,
I
believe,
we're
going
to
try
to
update
this
layer
this
year
with
some
new
acs
data.
This
comes
from
if
you're
not
familiar
with
the
american
community
survey,
it's
kind
of
like
a
subset
of
the
census.
It's
done
every
year,
but
it's
done
on
a
much
smaller
scale.
So
it
is
they
it's
not
maybe
quite
as
representative,
but
we
do
know
that
there
are
some
challenges
with
the
most
recent
census.
E
And
then
this
layer,
I'm
going
to
just
toggle
on
this,
is
actually
our
meals
per
person
in
need.
So
this
kind
of
shows
us
how
many
meals
are
we
providing
to
each
member
of
our
community?
Who
has
a
need?
So
again,
this
is
the
past
ruling
for
quarters
about
the
past
year,
darker
the
shade
of
green,
the
more
meals
we
are
putting
in
those
communities.
So
this
takes
into
account
those
food
insecurity
rates,
as
well
as
our
outputs
and
shows
us
the
impact
that
we're
making
those
census
tracts
again.
E
This
is
a
layer
where
that
hard
and
fast
line
thing
comes
into
play,
since
this
tracks
are
not
actual
boundaries,
so
we
know
that
folks
are
traveling
from
one
area
to
another,
and
some
of
the
areas
where
the
meals
per
person
in
need
are
low
are
also
areas
where
the
people
in
need
are
low.
So
there
may
not
be
as
much
services
of
as
many
services
available,
for
example,
daniel
island.
E
We
know
that
there's
a
higher
prevalence
of
people
living
with
a
bit
more
affluence
than
our
communities
that
are
maybe
a
little
bit
more
impoverished
in
certain
parts
of
daniel
island.
I
should
say-
and
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
resources
out.
That
way,
which
kind
of
shows
here
is
not
a
lot
of
meals
were
put
out
per
person
in
need.
E
But
again
it's
one
of
those
nuances
that
we
have
to
kind
of
keep
in
the
back
of
our
heads
as
we're
doing
our
data
analysis
really
understanding
the
context
of
the
communities
that
we're
serving.
So
I
could
go
on
about
this
for
hours
and
I
will
save
you
all
from
that.
I
definitely
want
to
offer
my
services
if
ever
anyone
is
interested
in
having
a
deeper
discussion
about
the
work
that
we're
doing
around
mapping
and
how
we're
using
it
to
drive
our
strategy
and
decision
making
nick
and
I
are
always
open
to
that.
E
B
Thank
you
so
much
alicia
and
nick
great
presentation,
any
questions
for
alicia
and
nick
on
this
one.
I
I
wanted
to
ask
you.
I
don't
know
if
you
work
at
all
with
the
usda,
we
have
a
we.
We
have
a
sister
city
agreement
with
doha,
qatar
and,
and
they
recently
came
to
the
usda
they're,
trying
to
figure
out
they
they've
got
a
little
different
problem
in
the
a
lot
of
their
food
has
to
be
shipped
in.
B
I
mean
they
have
these
shipping
containers
where
they're
growing
their
own
food
inside
the
shipping
containers-
and
I
don't
know
if
that's
anything
that
you
guys
have
looked
at
as
far
as
you
know,
as
far
as
something
you
could
use
or
not,
but
it
seems
like
if
you
could
get
those
shipping
containers,
maybe
in
these
rural
areas
or
in
these
areas
that
are
harder
to
get
to.
I
don't
know
it's
just
an
idea.
I
don't
know
if
you've,
if
you've
looked
at,
that
at
all.
D
D
D
So
we've
found
significant
improvement
in
being
able
to
serve
our
neighbors
in
in
those
counties
in
the
south,
with
being
able
to
allow
enable
those
partner
agencies
to
refrigerate
fresh
produce
and
perishable
produce
for
a
longer
period
of
time,
and
we've
seen
significant
uptake
in
in
the
amount
of
food
that
then
has
been
distributed
out
to
communities
in
need.
We're
now
extending
that
up
into
other
counties
as
well
and
looking
at
ways
and
means
in
which
we
can
be
more
efficient
and
effective
with
having
those
refrigerated
containers
located
in
more
rural
areas.
D
D
So
that
is
definitely
a
technology
that
we've
been
piloting
and
something
as
a
technology
that
we
are
an
innovation
that
we're
actually
sharing
more
broadly
with
with
the
the
food
bank
network
with
with
feeding
america
as
well.
So,
no,
I
think
it's
a
it's
a
absolutely
great
idea,
and
especially
these
days,
I
think,
with
the
large
number
of
containers
that
are
potentially
coming
into
this
country.
D
The
availability
of
containers
is
something
that
that
will
potentially
increase
over
time
as
well,
so
we
can
be
pretty
efficient
in
our
our
ability
to
use
this
this
technology
and
it's
very
appropriate.
The
cost
of
running
one
of
these
refrigerated
containers
is,
is
not
high.
Our
agencies
are
saying
it
doesn't
cost
them
much
more
because
they
can
turn
them
on
and
off
when
they,
when
they
don't
need
to
use
them
so
really
appropriate
technology
and
something
that
we
are
expanding
and
using
across
our
service
area.
That's.
E
So
yeah
we
do
have
a
partner,
I
don't
know
kevin
if
you're
familiar
with
vertical
roots,
they're
based
on
a
summerville,
and
so
they
do
container
and
vertical
growing,
and
so
we
receive
a
lot
of
donation,
beautiful,
beautiful
lettuce
from
them.
I
think
right
now
we're
definitely
seeing
that
more
with
some
of
the
growers
that
we're
partnering
with
a
lot
of
the
local
guys
specifically
and
some
of
our
bigger
growers
are
starting
to
use
that
technology
as
well.
E
So
the
way
that
the
that
arcgis
does
it,
so
it's
it's
one
of
the
kind
of
functions
of
the
mapping
technology,
so
they
actually
map
the
drive
time
on
the
streets
based
on
the
speed
limits
and
that
sort
of
thing,
so
it
doesn't,
I'm
I'm
sure
it
is
accounted
for
in
a
way,
but
it
may
not
accurately
represent
the
time
it
might
take
if
you're
taking
carda,
including
the
stops
and
those
sorts
of
things,
but
that's
definitely
something
I
can
look
more
into
into
public
transportation
routes.
Specifically.
E
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
nick
I'm
sorry.
I
was
a
few
minutes
late,
but
thanks
for
all
you
all
do
and
alicia
that's
an
amazing
amount
of
data
there.
I'm
I
compliment
y'all
on
the
use
of
data
in
in
mapping
all
this
out
and
figuring
out
your
services.
I
think
that's
terrific
and
it
sounds
like
you.
I
was
going
to
mention
vertical
routes,
but
that's
who
you're
working
with
I
know
the
founder.
F
If
you
need
more
connection
with
them
and
then
lastly,
I
was
going
to
ask-
and
this
may
be
a
follow-up
conversation
nick,
I'm
asking
lori
to
give
you
a
call.
Apparently
I
just
found
out
yesterday
we
have
parts
of
our
city
where
we
have
a
summer
camps
and
james
island
is
one
of
them
where
the
schools
don't
have
a
high
enough
percentage
in
kids
to
qualify
for
free
lunch,
and
so
apparently,
in
the
past
we
used
to
get
free
lunch
from
the
schools.
F
D
Yeah
now
that
that
that's
fine
absolutely
I
mean
if,
if,
as
you
say,
someone
wants
to
reach
out
to
me,
we
can
certainly
look
at
that
and
see
what
we
can
do
to
to
help
on
that
matt
teclenberg,
that's
absolutely!
No!
We
would
just
have
the
person
reach
out
to
me.
We
will
certainly
deal
with
that
great
god.
F
C
Oh,
that's:
okay,
hey,
so
everybody
joey
current
with
trinidad
united
way,
nick
and
alicia
you
mentioned
advocacy,
is
one
of
the
big
pillars
of
work
that
you
guys
do.
So
I'm
just
curious.
If
there
are
any
major
things
on
the
advocacy
front
at
the
local
level,
we
should
be
aware
of
that.
You
guys
are
wanting
to
focus
on.
D
Yeah,
well
certainly,
I
mean
we
do
a
lot
of
local
advocacy.
I
mean
one
of
the
areas
is
obviously
access
to
food
sources.
I
mean
the
snap
benefits
is
something
access
to
snap
benefits
is
something
that
we
are
hires
a
priority
for
us
in
terms
of
advocacy,
but
also
in
terms
of
ensuring
that
people
have
access
to
information
and
are
able
to
access
that
information
effectively
and
efficiently
and
to
be
able
to
access
those
those
additional
types
of
support.
D
C
D
If
that's,
that
would
be
great,
because
we
to
be
honest
with
you,
I
mean
we,
we
do
run
into
some
challenges
in
terms
of
finding
the
appropriate
partners
to
be
able
to
address
some
of
those
issues
I
mean.
We've
we've
tried
to
reach
out
to
a
number
of
different
stakeholders
that
are
dealing
with
that.
D
But
and
again
I
think
part
of
it
is
because
everyone
is
so
busy
and
has
a
lot
to
deal
with
at
the
moment,
so
that
that
that
is
very,
it
has
been
very
challenging,
but
but
certainly
if
we
we
could
have
a
discussion
on
that
and
think
about
how
best
we
can
add
our
voice
to
that,
and,
obviously
anything
that
we
can
do
to
support
that
that
work
around
access
to
snap
benefits.
That
would
be
really
helpful.
B
Very
good
anyone
else
on
this
well,
nick
and
alicia.
Thank
you
so
much
appreciate
all
the
work
that
you
do,
we're
very
fortunate
to
have
you
in
our
area,
obviously
serving
those
10
counties
and
the
incredible
amount
of
work
that
you
do,
and
we
really
appreciate
all
that.
You
do
and
appreciate
your
time
here
on
this
on
this
meeting
as
well.
D
B
G
Thanks,
I
appreciate
it:
there's
never
a
dull
moment
in
public
health,
so
there's
lots
of
hot
topics,
and
I
think
maybe
the
best
thing
is
for
me
to
just
give
a
few
lines
about
several
of
them
and
then
open
it
up
for
questions.
So,
as
we
all
likely
know,
our
our
case
rates
are
increasing.
In
charleston,
we
were
one
of
six
counties
as
of
last
week
who
moved
from
the
low
to
the
medium
community
level.
G
It
also
increases
the
the
guidance
around
staying
up
to
date
with
cover
19
vaccines,
whether
that's
completing
the
primary
series
getting
the
first
booster
or
for
those
50
and
over
those
who
are
immunocompromised,
I'm
considering
the
second
booster
and
getting
tested
with
any
symptoms.
And
then.
Lastly,
if
someone
tests
positive,
they
should
speak
to
their
doctor
or
other
provider
about
treatment
options,
paxlavid
being
one
of
the
most
common
that
is
available,
but
it's
available
by
prescription
from
your
provider,
from
our
fqhc
fetter
and
other
clinics
in
the
area
and
and
at
several
pharmacies.
G
So
that's
the
guidance
around
increasing
coveted
cases,
we've
seen
about
a
77
increase
in
cases
over
the
past
month
and
about
a
53
percent
increase
in
hospitalization.
So
we
are
continuing
to
follow
that
we
are
not
yet
at
the
the
sort
of
next
place
we
may
see.
Moving
from
medium
to
high
is
if
our
hospitalization
rate
increases
to
10
or
above
per
100
000,
and
we're
currently
at
seven.
So
we're
not
that
far
off.
G
Please
help
us
spread
the
word
about
that
in
charleston
county
we
do
have
70
percent
of
our
population
fully
vaccinated
those
ages
5
and
over
who
are
eligible
and
45
percent
have
received
their
first
booster
if
they
are
eligible.
So
there's
really
is
a
lot
of
room
for
improvement
there.
I
think
that's
all
I'll
say
about
kovid
moving
on
to
shape
in
some
of
our
sexual
health
initiative
work.
G
We
also
have
the
opportunity,
through
the
fast-track
cities,
to
present
some
of
the
work
we
did
around.
U
equals?
U,
which
is
untransmittable
equals
undetectable
an
untransmittable
viral
load
equals
sorry.
An
undetectable
viral
load
equals
a
a
person
who
is
not
able
to
transmit
the
virus
to
someone
else
and
we
had
a
the
future.
Is
you
campaign
billboards
along
I-26
and
526,
there's
also
a
website
thefutureisu.org,
and
we
will
be
presenting
that
at
an
international,
fast
track
cities
conference
this
fall,
so
some
excitement
there.
G
That
is
some
of
those
vultures
did
test
positive
for
avm
flu
and
our
guidance,
which
did
go
out
and
a
press
release
and
there's
information
on
our
website
is
that
both
people
as
well
as
pets
should
stay
away
from
any
dead
birds.
The
risk
is
low
for
on
transmission
of
the
avian
flu
two
people,
but
please
do
not
interact
with
those
birds.
E
G
G
G
A
G
It
is
still
omicron.
There
are
several
of
the
variants
of
omicron
that
we're
seeing
musc
really
still
putting
out
some
of
the
best
data
around
variants,
because
they're
doing
encouraging
many
in
their
community
to
do
pcr
testing
we're
only
able
to
do
the
sequencing
on
pcr
tests,
and
so
they
have
that
information
on
on
their
website
on
their
coveted
intelligence
reports.
A
G
We
also
encourage
the
notification
of
any
close
contacts,
and
the
close
contact
definition
has
not
changed.
That's
still
within
six
feet
for
15
minutes
or
more
per
day
during
the
several
days
prior
to
symptom,
onset
or
diagnosis,
along
with
the
time
of
isolation
and
then
again
speaking
to
your
provider,
about
whether
treatment
options
may
be
right
for
you.
A
G
That
is
yes,
I
don't
have
it
in
front
of
me.
I
I'm
pretty
sure
that
that
is
still
the
case.
Certainly
with
any
symptoms.
We
do
recommend
testing
and
even
if
asymptomatic,
we
recommend
consideration
of
testing
at
that
day.
Five,
but
for
those
who've
had
a
there's
another
qualifier
there.
If
you've
had
a
recent
infection.
G
F
Not
really
a
question,
but
I
guess
by
way
of
testimonial
I'll
say
that
this
thing
really
is
as
contagious.
Incredibly
as,
as
you
all
know,
and
I've
been
in
the
basement
of
the
dog
house
for
bringing
it
home
and
infecting
my
wife
and
and
then
I
got
blamed
for
everybody
else
in
the
family,
but
I
didn't
even
see
them.
I
wasn't
around
my
brother
got
it
my
brother,
fred
and
his
wife
got
it.
F
My
my
granddaughter
and
daughter
got
it
joseph
came
down
with
it
yet
yesterday
I
wasn't
around
them,
but
it
seems,
like
my
whole
family
in
the
last
two
weeks
has
been
covered,
but
thankfully
everybody's
been
mild
and
all
like
that.
But
I
don't
think
dx
numbers
reflects
all
these
cases
that
are
running
around
right
now.
It
is
really
out
there
y'all.
G
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
dr
richardson,
we're
so
fortunate
to
have
you
on
this
committee
in
helping
us
out
and
appreciate
all
of
your
information,
your
expertise.
So
thank
you
so
much
and
we'll
move
on
to
community
updates
mayor
techenberg,
not
to
put
you
on
the
spot,
but
I
know
that
there's
been
some
gun
violence
situations
recently
and
that
certainly
fits
in
with
this
committee.
If,
if
you
wanted
to
say
something,
I
wanted
to
give
you
that
opportunity
for
you
or
councilman
seeking
you
know
on
the
recent
as.
F
F
I
think
it's
like
one
a
minute
or
something
crazy
like
that
in
the
country,
but
I
mean
this.
This
thing
is,
is
out
of
control,
I
I
mean
it's
like
the
country's
gone
bonkers,
with
with
with
gun,
violence
and
and
the
the
how
quick
to
the
draw
folks
are
to
resolve
petty
differences
by
you
know,
making
statements
by
by
brandishing
and
pulling
out
and
using
their
their
weapons
and
and
the
availability
is
just
is
just
horrendous.
F
In
my
opinion,
and
and
it's
such
a
confounding
situation
for
a
city
government
in
in
a
state
where
we
have
virtually
no
authority
whatsoever,
you
know
on
the
legal
side
and
and
then
the
state
legislature,
it
doesn't
even
give
us
reasonable
tools
to
to
to
arrest
and
well,
we
can
arrest,
but
there's
really
no
big
penalties
for
repeat
offenses
for
carrying
an
illegal
gun
or
using
an
illegal
gun
it
just
it's
mind-bending
that
quote
liberals
and
repub.
Conservatives
can't
agree
at
least
on
the
criminal
element
of
of
having
meaningful.
F
You
know
penalties
when,
when
not
legal,
but
when
illegal
guns
are
possessed
and
and
utilized
it
just
blows
my
mind
really
anyway,
I
don't
mean
to
be
a
complainer,
but
it's
it's
a
confounding
problem
and
it
it's
going
to
take
a
lot
more
work
and
a
lot
more
energy
and
a
lot
of
people
saying
they
they're
fed
up
and
had
enough
to
to
make
some
change
happen.
On
this.
We
we
need
some
reasonable
change
to
help
avert
some
of
this.
These
deaths
and
this
this
this
gun
violence.
F
C
Yeah,
thank
you
I'll
be
fast
since
it's
10
o'clock,
I
I
did
want
to
mention
our
conferences
coming
up
in
july
and
thank
you
mayor
teclenberg,
for
doing
the
press
conference.
For
that
I
won't
go
into
detail,
but
I'll
keep
sending
you
the
link
to
the
three-day
conference,
the
27th
28th
and
29th
of
july.
It
is
our
10th
annual
and
it's
going
to
be.
We
have
lots
of
entertainment
this
year
and
a
lot
of
our
best
speakers
coming
back
and
doing
different
talks
that
they've
done
before.
C
So
I
think
it's
15.25
ceus
and
then
also
for
piccolo
spelado.
If
anybody's
out
with
their
family
or
friends,
we
are
doing
the
art
of
discovery
exhibit
again
at
the
circular
church.
We
kicked
it
off
this
past
weekend
and
it's
artwork
from
kids
from
all
over
charleston
and
some
neighboring
counties,
some
mostly
high
schools,
but
not
completely,
and
the
art's
really
beautiful
again
this
year
and
some
of
the
fact
you
know
some
of
the
kids
are
selling
artwork.
We
weren't
doing
that
last
year.
B
Thank
you
very
much
any
questions
on
that
anyone
else
with
community
update.
Anyone
else
would
like
to
give
an
update
well
seeing
none.
I
do
just
want
to
remind
everyone
that
we've
got
a
june
primary
coming
up,
it's
important
time
to
vote,
so
I
hope
you'll
get
out
there
and
do
that.
I
I
did
my
early
voting
yesterday
walkman.
It
was
quick
and
easy
and
very
simple.
I
mean
you
got
the
early.
You
got
the
early
vote
available
to
you.
B
I
I
would
recommend
it,
but
and
certainly
want
to
wish
the
very
best
in
the
primary
to
dr
andrews
on
her
run
for
congress
as
well.
She's
been
a
long
time,
member
of
this
committee,
and
I
certainly
wish
her
the
the
very
best
and
just
want
to
remind
you
that
in
charleston
in
the
summer,
if
you're
not
barefooting,
flip-flops
you're
overdressed,
so
I
hope
each
of
you
will
find
some
time
to
enjoy
the
beaches,
parks,
pools,
rivers
and
hope
you
have
a
fantastic
gym.
If
there's
nothing
else,
we
stand
adjourned.