We recognize that being poor is incredibly harmful to your health. It is incredibly taxing and stressful to figure out where your next meal is going to come from and to have to navigate the systems in place, at all levels of government, to access the supports that are needed.
One of the critical partnerships we have is with community health and resource centres here in Ottawa, which play a role in making those referrals, supports and resources for people dealing with health issues, social assistance and the other social problems that bring people to a food bank.