The Adirondack Foundation Community Trust based in Lake Placid has been holding meetings throughout the Adirondacks for more than a year with partners & stakeholders who help provide the social safety net that more and more families here in the region are counting on.
In fact, their report found in the years after COVID as many as 40% of the families that live here in Adirondack Communities are struggling with food insecurity, housing, and childcare needs.
Lori Bellingham, Vice President of Community Impact for the Adirondack Foundation is our guest.
Learn more about the Adirondack Foundation’s report on Social Safety Net Needs in the Adirondack Region and the new 3-year grant project to help address it: www.adirondackfoundation.org