Being food secure means having enough food for an active, healthy life. In New Hampshire and Vermont over 172,000 people, including 48,600 children, are food insecure, meaning they don’t have regular access to nutritious food.* People with food insecurity are at elevated risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and other chronic diseases.  You can help Dartmouth-Hitchcock to address food insecurity for patients at healthcare sites. 

Financial stability is a major driver of health and wellness. Households that struggle to make ends meet face elevated risk of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, mental illness and substance use disorder. In New Hampshire 5.3 percent of households, and in Vermont 3.6 percent of households, make ends meet through high-cost, high-risk forms of credit such as payday loans, rent-to-own and pawning.** You can help Dartmouth-Hitchcock to support financially vulnerable individuals in becoming financially stable.