CBPR- Goodrich Gannon Neighborhood Center Food Security

The proposed community-based participatory research (CBPR) project seeks to contribute to the planning and development of a program being conceptualized by partner organizations in the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood including St. Clair Superior Development Corporation (SCSDC), Goodrich Gannett Neighborhood Center (GGNC), and Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM). The program will offer affordable, nutritious meals to families served by GGNC and build on the Social Enterprise branch of LMM which trains homeless/re-entry populations in the culinary arts. Through a research partnership, we would inform the development of a pilot program in summer 2016 through research that explores the food habits, desires, and interests of the 50 families served by GGNC to better understand how such a program could address unmet needs.