When Christina Schnabel’s son began having gastrointestinal problems a few years ago, his doctor didn’t prescribe medication. Instead, he prescribed a food box.
Schnabel, a single mother living in public housing in Henderson County, enrolled in North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilot after that visit. Through local food bank Caja Solidaria, she received boxes of healthy food — and her son’s symptoms cleared up.
What followed changed her family’s life. She took a job at Caja Solidaria. She got off Medicaid. She bought a house on her own…