by Carrie Adams | Nov 10, 2023 | Resources
The SC Food Desert Map was created by SC DHEC with data from the USDA Economic Research Atlas 2019 to helps partner agencies identify low income areas with poor access to healthy foods (supermarkets or grocery stores), aka “food deserts.” In addition to the SC...
by Carrie Adams | Nov 10, 2023 | Great Ideas
What: Hub City Roots—Seed to Table Program Where: Hub City Roots (HCR) is located in Spartanburg, SC, with the Seed to Table Program serving the Historical Northside and Southside communities. When: Hub City Roots’ Seed to Table Program began in 2018, serving local...
by Carrie Adams | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog
As previously mentioned on the SC Roadmap blog, Illinois has become the first state to eliminate cash bail. This was one month ago, and the ripple effect is already being felt. The population of the Cook County Jail has dropped below 5,000 inmates for the second time...
by Carrie Adams | Sep 13, 2023 | Blog
The U.S. Census Bureau has released its latest report on poverty and the news isn’t good—with one exception. Most dramatically, the child poverty rate leapt to 12.4% in 2022, after falling to 5.2% in 2021. (In 2020 the rate was at 9.0%.) This significant shift is...
by Carrie Adams | Sep 5, 2023 | Blog
It is hard to stay on one topic with Sue Berkowitz of the SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center. Berkowitz has been the director of the center since 1989, and to say her experience and expertise are wide ranging is a serious understatement. While her expansive knowledge...
