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Hopelink director: grocery-store model and rising enrollments signal growing need for food assistance in Redmond
Summary
Hopelink’s director of food programs described a grocery-store model designed to preserve clients’ dignity as enrollment climbs amid higher food costs; local groups and weekly meal programs were highlighted as resources.
Host, the program host, said that “Over 1,300 households in Redmond were estimated to have received food benefits in 2023,” and reported that Hopelink had seen a 15% increase in program enrollment since last July.
Amanda Lopez Castanon, director of food programs at Hopelink, described the agency’s approach as designed to preserve clients’ dignity. “Hopelink's approach to distributing food is to make it a dignified experience for our clients. Our clients shop in a grocery store model…
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