{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Mighty Municipalities","title":"Ep 9. - Battling Food Insecurity with the Town of Lamar, SC","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2709,"description":"Topics:\nKarl & Mark talk about food insecurity and what municipalities can do to help.   We interview Tim Dargan, the Town Administrator of Lamar, SC, population 832, about the food giveaway program they've been running in cooperation with local organizations for over five years and their lessons learned. \nNumbers:\n13% nationally face food insecurity\n15.9% in rural communities \n86% of counties with the highest food insecurity are in the South \n86% of counties with the highest food insecurity are rural (Feeding America) \nSeveral SC Counties reach 20% food insecurity levels (Feeding America) \nTelfair County GA is the highest in the three-state region: 23.1% \nLinks\nRural Health Initiative  \nHospital Food Pantry\nSocastee Library Pantry\nUSDA Summer Food Program\nBlack Mountain NC Senior Center\nSC Farmers Market Guidelines\n\nGrants\n6/6: USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program\nRolling: USDA Community Facilities Grant & Loan Program\nMASC Impact Fund\n\nFind Us:\nMark Partin is Chief of Staff for the City of Sumter (https://sumtersc,gov).  Subscribe and Find more of Mark's Local Government Leadership Thoughts at https://localleadershipinsights.substack.com/\nKarl McCollester spent 20 year in strategic technology consulting for small municipalities in the Carolinas and George.  He is the CEO of GovPossible.\nGovPossible (https://govpossible.com) is a Public Benefit Corporation that provides software to help small municipalities manage their operations including finance, budget, licensing, permitting, planning, codes enforcement, cemetery, meetings, and website. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AaYhREBvoPrRWOV3_J6-wb8xLT8xMc73mPQgvOUya8A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lYTQ4/NTQzMWYxY2NkY2Jm/ODg0ODE1N2ZjM2Qw/MWM3My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}